Stephen J. Hadley

We need to show that our politics can actually, on a bipartisan basis, solve some of the problems we face.

One of the things I think we have to recognize is that this international order that the United States helped build and maintain for 70 years after World War II was really an almost an unprecedented experiment for a major global power.

We have to have a robust economy, we need to show that our politics can work and solve our social problems.

I think the Arab states have largely been very shortsighted about this and very stingy.

I think the main thing that we have to think about is how to explain to the American people that our safety and security depends on a different--that we can't wall ourselves off from things.

We need to expose that, and then we need to push back by exporting truth.

We need to shame him for it. And then, hopefully, the Europeans will show in their response that they are willing to stand up to it.

I think it would be a good thing. I think the American people need to know that the Congress of the United States is behind this effort that the administration is trying to mount.

I think this distinction between soft power and hard power is not a good one because a lot of our soft power converts into real hard power.

It is important both as a symbol of a national commitment to deal with this problem, but it is also important to rebalance a little bit this relationship between the Congress and the President.

We need to get our economy growing.

I think it is important both as a symbol of a national commitment to deal with this problem, but it is also important to rebalance a little bit this relationship between the Congress and the President.