There's a direct link between the energy problems that we're experiencing here at home and a lack of a coordinated policy in thinking about energy and climate change abroad.

I did not see a huge shift in the strategic policies.

The best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed.

We need a more serious effort on the part of the Afghan government.

I have acknowledged repeatedly that the fact that we put more troops in [Iraq] helped to quell the violence.

We've got to prevent people from losing their homes.

Afghanistan is the central front on terror.

America's going to make these commitments in Afghanistan.

I obviously am -- am very appreciative of President Sarkozy's long-standing commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship between France and the United States.

I can't imagine somebody who better captures the enthusiasm and the energy of France than your president.

We discussed Iraq, and I gave my impressions about the improved situation there.

I think it's starting to happen.

I would point out that John McCain, after he won the nomination, met with all the leaders that I'm meeting with, that he's made speeches in Colombia and Canada and Mexico.

If we have more NATO troops in Afghanistan, then that's potentially fewer American troops over the long-term, which means that we're spending fewer billions of dollars, which means we can invest those billions of dollars in making sure…

No, I don't believe in the U.S. apologizing. We've made some mistakes, as I said, I think the war in Iraq was a mistake. We didn't keep our eye on the ball in Afghanistan. But hindsight is 20/20.

I do think that President Sarkozy's election here in France indicates the degree to which the West generally is at its best, when it's opening up opportunity to all people.

I think the United States should welcome a powerful defense in Europe.

If we do not have an energy policy that curbs our use of fossil fuels, then we are going to have a whole host of problems in the coming decades.