We need to be that city on the hill, I'm not sure that we can afford to build cities on the hill all around the country.

I would hope that you would be sensitive to that.

It appears to be naive and illogical to continue diplomacy and calls for peace with governments that are publicly opposed to the existence of Israel.

One difficulty that you will have is balancing protecting our sovereignty as a nation with international cooperation.

Pakistan is a government without a country and Afghanistan is a country without a government.

Unless we rethink this very, very carefully, we could raise the stakes, invest America's reputation in a greater way.

I am optimistic and hopeful about your role as Secretary of State, and despite the news accounts that say that I'm the one that's going to ask you the hard questions about potential conflicts of interest, I have no questions about your…

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today cautioning that more bailouts of banks and financial firms will likely be needed to fix the economy.

The State Department, over several administrations, has a mixed reputation, at best.

The challenge is tremendous.

I think we both agreed on the importance of moving from where we are with heavy use of fossil fuels to renewables and non-emitting fuels.

It's very difficult to see an expanded role for America around the world--certainly one that has to be prioritized.

Thus, the decline in the private-sector union membership over the post-World War II period... has been associated with an increased dispersion of pay among workers.

your testimony, quite frankly, has been more reassuring than the budget and, quite frankly, it has been more reassuring to me than the President's speech to the Congress a couple of weeks ago in the area of nuclear power.

$350 billion was not well spent, the next $350 billion can be better spent, but it is not nearly enough.

I think Republicans and Democrats have to embrace things that we would never embrace before.

This is an amazing country where people like me will decide these things.

$100 billion of the $350 billion, this panel agrees should go into the people that are in foreclosure.