“Too much under the thumb of the Iranians.”

Someone who is a retired judge or an acting judge willing to step down from their judgeship, someone ideally who has prosecutorial experience, but someone who could come in and give credibility to the Russia investigation that is severely in jeopardy.

We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops.

And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.

We should be worried about protecting the homeland.

It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.

We need Trump to lead the liberal democratic order around the world.

Russia is leading a movement around the world to spread autocracy and authoritarianism.

That first justification given, again, the White House misleading the country about a major action the administration was taking, but the fact that they had a private conversation in which the president,

Obviously, some of it will have to be done in closed session.

They, I think, despised her remarks about the flawed 2011 elections in Russia. They feared that she would be very tough on Russia in terms of sanctions.

I think that policy is changing, should change and will change.

Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.

The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America.

It was an echo of Director Comey’s testimony that Trump showed no curiosity, no interest, no concern over the Russia hack.

There was certainly merit to the criticism that the deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein had about how James Comey handled the Hillary Clinton investigation.

The Iraqis would love to have Americans die for Iraq and the Syrians would love to have Americans die for Syria.

Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.

The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one’s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or irreplaceable things, can suddenly resurface in a café one winter night.

I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.

And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Awards don’t really mean much.

I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.