"My fellow Americans: We are a country in debt and in decline — not terminal, not irreversible, but in decline. Our political system seems incapable of producing long-range answers to big problems or big opportunities. We are the ones who need a better...

"Tensions have risen amid reports Israel may be planning a possible strike against Iran's nuclear facilities." ... "He said opening up a third front, after Iraq and Afghanistan, would be "extremely stressful, very challenging, with consequences that ...