Because the commander-in-chief sets the mission, Charlie. That's not the role of the generals.

But let me be very clear about what I meant because it's something that I have said in public. It's something that I have said on television, which is that people are going through very difficult times right now.

I revere the American flag. And I would not be running for president if I did not revere this country. This is -- I would not be standing here if it wasn't for this country.

Well I think there's no doubt that I can see how people were offended. It's not the first time that I have made a statement that was mangled up. It's not going to be the last.

the alternatives, like raising the retirement age or cutting benefits or raising the payroll tax on everybody... those are not good policy options.

My candidacy for president of the United States of America.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America.

I think people can say that my election symbolizes some progress, at least within the small confines of the legal community.

He spent the day in Washington, D.C., and Washington, Pennsylvania, a medium-sized town just south of Pittsburgh -- most of his remarks today targeting John McCain's economic plan.

... that in no other country on the Earth is my story even possible.

I wasn't born into a lot of money. I didn't have a trust fund. I wasn't born into fame and fortune. I was raised by a single mother with the help of my grandparents who grew up in small-town Kansas and went to school on the G.I. Bill and…

They'll even come around with TV crews in tow and throw back a shot and a beer. But if those same candidates are taking millions of dollars in contributions from the PACs and the lobbyists, ask yourself who are they going to be toasting…