James M. Talent: “I believe in the dignity and value of life at all stages. I strongly supported the ban on partial-birth abortions. My…”

the warrior ethos is not a luxury, it is essential when you have a military.

We can't take the strength and the quality of our servicemen and women for granted.

And one worst thing than what we are going through would be if we end up going through it for nothing. And that's what's going to happen if we pull out. I do believe that we can continue to make progress in training up the Iraqi army. And…

I think if we don't do that, then the other things that you are working on legislatively--as important as they are, are likely to fail in execution.