I ask tonight that all of us, each in our own way, express our gratitude to the men and women of our Armed Forces who are overseas in this Christmas season.

In this Pageant of Peace we come together in the spirit of our better selves.

I think the margin of Mayor Lanier's reelection is evidence that people know that if you properly deploy trained personnel, it just doesn't serve to catch criminals quicker, but because of the relationships they develop in the community…

People can sense whether you are going in the right direction or the wrong direction, and I think we have to work together to change the direction.

It is imperative that we move on the crime bill and the 100,000 police officers in the street and the boot camps as soon as we can when the Congress comes back.

I have determined that it is appropriate to extend GSP benefits to Kyrgyzstan.

I believe that this Nation is really prepared in a way that it has not been before, at least in my experience, to do something about violent crime.

One of my better predecessors, Harry Truman, once said that his job consisted largely of trying to talk people into doing what they ought to do without his having to ask them in the first place.

I believe that very strongly.

I think the American people are tired of hurting and tired of feeling insecure and tired of the violence.

I ask tonight, at this Pageant of Peace, that we pray in this Christmas season that we be given the wisdom and the courage, the heart, the renewed sense of common humanity, to do what we can to bring more peace to the streets, the homes…

I think I should wait to hear from her on it.

Much better, thank you.

I just don't agree with that position.

Put those 100,000 police officers on the street.

It's a terrible human tragedy, and my sympathies go out to all the families involved.

I certainly stand behind her foursquare as Surgeon General.

We ought to pass the crime bill.