The failure of Democrats to articulate a compelling message and policy position on national security issues spelled doom for our party during the last election cycle,

We know that there was a massive security failure, and despite repeated warnings by U.S. intelligence, the Saudis did not take adequate measures, ... This was wrong, and it was preventable.

I think you're going to see a heavy concentration in the months ahead on national security items and making sure that terrorism doesn't revisit American shores.

The Xerox machine is one of the biggest threats to national security ever devised.

AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq.

When it comes to national security, well, he's all bully and no pulpit, ... He said he was gonna have a humble foreign policy, but he's alienated with his arrogance nearly every one of our partners and allies.