I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
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My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.
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There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.
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I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States.
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I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.
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I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
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I have decided not to run for president.
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Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.
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Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.