Our soldiers are stretched too thin.

Then I stood up as a senator to Ronald Reagan and his illegal war in Central America and to Oliver North and his private aide network.

We're a country of optimists. We're the can-do people.

Ronald Reagan's love of our country was absolutely infectious. He was confident in his leadership and confident in America and that confidence was felt by the world.

You know, I saw that there are 240,000 jobs created last month. That's terrific.

But guess what? There's still 1.9 million net jobs lost over the course of this presidency.

I think he's going to try to. But you're right. Kerry has really been hitting this point recently and it's become sort of the crux of his foreign policy argument against Bush.

I believe that over the course of these last few years, the leader of the free world, the United States of America, has lost respect and influence, alliances are broken, and people are questioning both our values and our ideals. I intend…

There are still too many people who can't afford health care, can't afford to go to college. There are too many people struggling, while at the top end people get ahead.

I think that many more people are responsible for the mess that the Bush administration has gotten us into.

if elected, he'll name someone to coordinate a national strategy to prevent such an attack.