time may be of the essence here and so we need to think about what matters might actually impact their calculus.

the clock is ticking with regard to their nuclear capabilities.

I think that showed very clearly how economic and financial matters are inextricably related to national security matters.

Thank you for your service.

If that truly is holding up the transition phase, which ultimately is the answer to this--well, we need to do better than that.

How do we convince them that it's in their strategic interests to step up and do a better job of dealing with this.

I hear from people all the time who say, look, I did the right thing. I have lived my life prudently.

I think Americans understand that this crisis we are facing, the foreclosure crisis, is hurting everyone.

Confidence has not improved. As a matter of fact, very often the markets sell off the day that these programs are announced.

It seems to me that an understanding of human psychology on both the individual and the group level is at least as important as quantitative analysis in getting this resolved.

We have taken extraordinary action--you at the Fed, the Treasury, the Congress.

Is that your initial impression as well, that they have not been cooperative in dealing with Taliban?