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Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure...

Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure...

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some...

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some...

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to...

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to...

On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a...

On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a...

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have...

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have...

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in...

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in...

I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As...

I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As...

The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did...

The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did...

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make...

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make...

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and...

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and...

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor...

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor...

Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to...

Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to...

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be...

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be...

The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.

The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.

My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a...

My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a...

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not...

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not...

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond...

This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond...

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned...

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned...