I really do want to send a signal that if you are robbing the system, you are cheating the system, you are hurting the country.
the greatest underlying and overlaying fear of most European leaders, is the United States will forget about them.
we are a superpower with global responsibilities, and we tend to, over time... implement our commitments.
We must not let the current peace cause us to let down our defenses.
No one questions the crucial role NATO has played in creating this peace and prosperity.
In the long run, what are the countries who are most likely to have similar interests with us that we can build coalitions with and work clo...
Our concern--our fear--was not that Europe was too strong, but that Europe was too weak.
I am especially concerned by the role Russia is playing inside the Alliance.
Clearly, NATO is very important to the United States. I mean, it's the only cohesive group on the side of freedom right now.
if our NATO allies, particularly the older ones, know they have--that there's a real threat, if there's any kind of attack, that we'll be th...
I think it is prudent, important, and imperative that the alliance think through on how to deal with that threat.
The lack of unity and strategic focus could erode the alliance's willingness to defend the shared values that created NATO.
I hope so.
Yes, sir, our expectation is that we will begin to see growth in the economy, so the end of the technical recession, later this year.
It is imperative on all of us as the policymakers, particularly the Congress which is responsible for fiscal policy, to make sure that we do...
If the banks cannot meet those standards in the private market, which is our strong preference, then they have to take government capital.
We are very focused--like a laser beam, if I may--on this issue of the exit and making sure that we have price stability in the medium term.
Then they would have to avail themselves of the Treasury's backstop.
