That is a heavy weight.

My preference would be not to hand off anything to the next president.

I am grateful that these distinguished individuals will be a part of this vital agency that has done so much to promote freedom and democracy around the world.

I always have to take responsibility.

That the dual track approach requires Iran to get a clear message. That when it fails to take advantage of these opportunities, that in fact, it is not making itself more secure; it's making itself less secure.

I continue to hold out the prospect that they may decide to walk through this door. I hope they do.

We weren't going to duplicate what has happened with North Korea in which talks just continue forever without any actual resolution to the issue.

I think it's important to understand, and I shared this with President Lee, that American companies and workers are very confident in our ability to compete.

What we said was that we would take a new approach and say to Iran that we are willing to engage them directly.

I am a strong believer that both countries can benefit from expanding our trade ties and so I have told President Lee and his team that I am committed to seeing the two countries work together to move this agreement forward.

The thing I want to emphasize is that President Lee and I both agree on the need to break the pattern that has existed in the past, in which North Korea behaves in a provocative fashion; it then is willing to return to talks.

We have never had an escape from a supermax facility in the United States.

can you tell me what the distinction might be, why Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be tried in a military commission?

I find this Simply Unacceptable!

I do not recall any complaints from either the Republican side of the aisle of their President, President Bush's decision through his Department of Justice, to try that case in an Article III court.

So the statement that has been made about a thousand jihadist followers streaming across the highways of Illinois is inconsistent with the law.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So we have a very close parallel where the Bush administration decided on the 20th hijacker for 9/11 to prosecute him in the Article III court, in a venue very close to the scene of the horrific tragedy.