My first act as President would be to order the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops and all U.S. government personnel from Iraq.

''As President, my priority will be the American people. I will return our nation to the true American principles of limited government and individual liberty.''

I am a libertarian. I am a firm believer in individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets, and always a small government limited only to its constitutionally authorized functions - the principles our nation was founded upon and which once made us both great and greatly admired worldwide. Our nation achieved that greatness and respect, and we reaped the fruits of our labor because we lived in a society that welcomed innovation, creativity, and self-reliance. We didn't look to a government to care for us or protect us, we looked to ourselves - and it worked! And you know what? It will still work - if we return to the values we as a people once cherished.

Dramatically shrinking the size, power and cost of the federal government by limiting government to its constitutionally authorized functions, adopting a non-interventionist foreign policy, and creation of a sound stable economy by ending government's artificially controlled economy - will result in a more prosperous peaceful United States for all Americans.