The purpose of these tests is to try to assess how much additional capital and what kind of capital they need so they will be able to lend a...
I think we want to get as much certainty about the policy going forward so people understand the rules.
There is no commitment by any means to never shut down a big bank. Absolutely not.
You do not create a market by Government action or Government regulation.
But I do believe that our major banks have significant franchise values.
we want to keep the option open to buy Treasury securities if we think that is the best way to improve the functioning or reduce interest ra...
The Congress needs, in my opinion, to set forward a much more elaborate version of FDICIA.
Call it public-private partnership. It is not nationalization because the banks will not be wholly owned
I'm here today to point out the fact that this is not bipartisanship. This process that is -- we're engaging in is not smart, we're not work...
The battlefield--there are physical battlefields, certainly, in Afghanistan, but there are battlefields, potentially, you know, in our Natio...
I think you would be very qualified for your job.
You cannot detain someone indefinitely under criminal law. They have to have a trial.
Under law of armed conflict, as I understand it, and under the Geneva Convention, Article 5 says that if there is a dispute about status, wh...
There is a physical high ground in traditional war, but in this war there is the moral high ground.
No one is being arbitrarily held based on just suspicion or emotion but based on evidence and a legal process.
Some of these people are going to be held maybe for the rest of their life, but it will be based on our values, not theirs.
Do you believe we are at war?
It should have an independent judiciary involved in making that decision beyond the executive branch.
