Some of my best memories of growing up on Long Island include spending all day fishing for fluke on Great South Bay.

We should make sure that we are never sending our troops into harm's way unless they're sent with a clear strategy to win, and learning lessons of the past to ensure that best path forward with what lies ahead.

There are many aspects of the government that operate off a continuing resolution. It's difficult to do so for the military.

Few professions are given as much power as we entrust to those who wear the uniform of a police officer. These individuals dedicate themselves to a calling in which threats that can materialize in an instant are part of the job description.

A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.

In a mature democracy any proposed policy should be subjected to a close analysis of its likely benefits and costs.

Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years.

Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.