Direct Threats Require Decisive Action.

I Think We Need To Significantly Reduce The Regulatory Burden On The Private Sector. The Obama Administration Is Doing The Opposite. They're Loading On More And More Regulation On The Private Respect To How The Economy Functions.

When We Get People Who Are More Concerned About Reading The Rights To An Al Qaeda Terrorist Than They Are With Protecting The United States Against People Who Are Absolutely Committed To Do Anything They Can To Kill Americans, Then I Worry.

The Bottom Line Is That We've Had Enormous Successes (in Iraq) And We Will Continue To Have Enormous Successes.

We Need, From Time To Time, To Use Military Force Or All Of The Resources At Our Command In Order To Defend The Nation And Defend Our Friends. Sometimes, That Requires Us To Take Actions That Generate Controversy. I Think There Are Probably Some Who Actually Believe, If We Just Go Talk Nice To These Folks, Everything Is Going To Be Ok. I Don't Think The World Works That Way.

We've Had Experiences Where The President's Been Shot, But Never Had A Situation Where The Vice President Shot Somebody.