Paul Cook: “I think history tells us that the perception of strength has a lot to do with the probability of conflict.”

I think it is incumbent upon all sectors of the U.S. Government to really advocate on why our partnership is much more important to a lot of these countries than some of the partnerships that they have sought.

Access to natural resources can be a lifeline to prosperity and opportunity for Native communities.

Energy independence is our Nation, and energy independence is critical for our Nation to continue on.

I was absolutely appalled, being the guy that opened the World War II Memorial, when barricades had been rented or purchased and put up in an open air memorial to do nothing but harass the Nation's veterans that put their lives on the line.