"this is part of the new breath of fresh air that I am talking about and the transparency that is needed."
"do not make it a political document; make it a budget document on how we are going to have sanity and common sense in the budgetary and appropriations process and entitlement process of the U.S. Gover..."
"We can correct that, and the President-elect has stated so during the campaign."
"We are going to have to buy rides from the Russians."
"Please keep your eye on Haiti."
"What a great opportunity for the Obama administration."
"The fact that that Global Initiative has done such good things all over the world... is a significant accomplishment."
"This is a great opportunity for the country of Iran to crack the door."
"the Federal Government under the Bush administration has not come up with its appropriate share, and we have got to correct that."
"the real estate market has dropped like a rock, and, therefore, a person's home is worth a lot less than a mortgage being underwater that much."
"I have no objection to offshore drilling if it is done responsibly and if it is done where the oil companies already have leases."
"It is the previous administration, so you are going to just plead the Fifth, then."
"I want you all to be mindful of the balance of issues."
"I was surprised at the degree of criticism that you received from a number of the talking heads on TV this morning."
"Either guarantees or buying them up and injection of capital into the banks."
"Wouldn't that then necessitate having the savings and loan approach that we had, go in and buy up those bad assets and hold them then until the price came back up?"
"Look backward and tell me with the problem having been to begin with the bad mortgages that were securitized and sold throughout the financial system, if our first response had been let us send this m..."
"So the newly confirmed Secretary of the Treasury is basically--it looks like he is going to have to take this course."
