All they have to do is read our security agreements.

The positives are that, because of the progress of the deficit reduction package, we've got long-term interest rates down now to a 20-year low.

I feel good about that.

The American people should be very proud of them.

It's a terrific country.

I think on balance things are going in the right direction at home, and the G-7 was a big, big plus for the concept of an open trading system and for the promise of future growth.

We are building new partnerships with people in their private capacities.

It's a great honor for me to be here, not for the first time but for the first time as President, to honor the memory and the service of those who were killed 52 years ago on a Sunday morning like this in the service of their country.

I want to go up there and see our forces and tell them how much I appreciate what they're doing.

Let us resolve today to honor their sacrifice and their service by maintaining the best prepared and best equipped force in the world, always ready to meet any challenge.

I believe more strongly than ever before that the world has never had a better fighting force than the men and women who serve in the military service of our country.

America had a 20-year high in productivity increase in the last quarter of last year.

I did reaffirm my strong intention to have no further reduction in our military presence in this region as long as there is any outstanding question of security regarding this issue.

Korea proves that democracy and human rights are not Western imports.

I think we have forged a remarkable partnership.

Forty-three years ago America and the Republic of Korea joined forces to preserve freedom on the peninsula.

Let us celebrate the meeting of our minds and rejoice in the warm friendship between America and Korea.

It is a fair deal and an equitable deal.