
I am not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have, and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq.
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IN-RFormer senators

I am not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have, and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq.

I think two terms at Vietnam qualifies one to be commander-in-chief more than five deferments.

I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who misled the nation into Iraq.

I guess I'll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of duty.

I have a lot of respect for John McCain. I mean, he spent all those years being, you know, locked up, and starved and brainwashed. Why would Karl Rove do that to him?

With the right policies, this is a war we can win. This is a war we must win. And this is a war we will win.

I don't think we need what President Bush has defined as a 'catastrophic success.' I think we need a real success.

Those who fought for our country abroad should never have to fight for what they were promised back here at home.

I would have given the inspectors the time they needed to do the job. I would have made sure that we listened to our senior military advisers.

I think you've got speakers who are -- have different -- they're up -- you know, on different levels of the zero to 10 scale here...

I'll be speaking about compassion and volunteerism tomorrow night.

Rudy Giuliani is the mayor of all America. He's, he was not just New York's mayor.

I think that each individual will have to handle that in a sensitive way...

It's just something that we're going to have to continue to be on the alert for in the future.

If 80 percent of my friends and I agree, that's enough for me.

I am so proud of the strong, firm principled leadership of President Bush, our commander in chief.

This is a part of our history. It is something all Americans feel a great sense of pride...