“The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.”

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.

We are trying to do as much of this as we can in the public eye transparently.

I would strongly urge the Donald Trump administration to pick someone who is completely apolitical, who doesn’t come out of the political process

Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don’t think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.

The Gulf states are happy for us to fight and die. That’s good for everybody, but the Americans fighting and dying.

Unless action is taken soon – unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period – we will lose the treasure of California’s open space and environmental beauty.

If we can’t get the Maliki government to include a large segment of its population in its security forces and protection

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies – we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.

While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans

We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.