I was touched and impressed. I know he's not here any longer, but I would like to say that for the record anyway.

The tainting--some would even say corruption--of the Department of Justice during the course of this administration has been both pervasive and systematic.

I think we need to get through these elections, see what the results are, see who we're dealing with, what the government looks like, and move forward accordingly.

Regardless, I think, of the presence of U.S. forces there, the limiting factor appears to me to be the Afghan forces.

I consider the threat from lack of governance to be equal to the threat from the Taliban.

I think the President has chosen very wisely.

I can't ever envision a day when I'd say that an operation I'm involved in has enough ISR.

I feel extraordinarily confident that Mary Schapiro will meet those challenges based on her experience, based on her intelligence, based on her integrity.

I commend her to you with enthusiasm.

I know that Mary Schapiro is committed to restoring investor protection as the hallmark of the SEC.

I would absolutely support proceeding again with registration of hedge funds so that we could have a much better handle on who is out there and what they are doing.

I expect that we will be here often seeking that help.

I would hope that that procedure could be quickly abandoned and that the Enforcement Division could be given the direction to fairly but aggressively enforce the law.

the apparent policy of the Bush Administration was to at least cut taxes at a time where it was not quite clear you could maintain the surplus

if and when people get to the point of proposing things which would fundamentally alter the separation between banking and commerce, that is a judgment for the Congress to make ultimately.

that is a way to lose their faith and lose their support, and that would be strategically decisive against us.

We have to get back there. And the general question is how do we get back there, where we can confidently tell the American people that if you work hard you can expect a growth in your wages and your income.

I think OMB was the political fixer for the Administration in the agency regulatory process in the past.