Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to shame him for it. And then, hopefully, the Europeans will show in their response that they are willing to…”

We need to put pressure on President Karzai but really to encourage all aspects of the Afghan system to put pressure on Karzai and the Parliament to get this legislation enacted and to get the people appointed.

We need to get our economy growing.

The Middle East is a safer place when the United States is clear and consistent in its intentions.

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.