George H.W. Bush: “Changing the rules just as the election cycle begins is inappropriate.”

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

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.

We live in troubled times with a military deployed around the world. We need a strong leader.