George H.W. Bush: “Let's work to see that 5 years from now, you and your friends will be more than sad statistics.”

We are here today, together, to strengthen and reform U.N. peacekeeping because our common security demands it.

There seems to be a lot of name calling going on. But I want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. Labels are for soup cans.

We're a blessed nation because we can grow our own food. A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.