One difficulty that you will have is balancing protecting our sovereignty as a nation with international cooperation.

Unless we rethink this very, very carefully, we could raise the stakes, invest America's reputation in a greater way.

I would hope that you would be sensitive to that.

It appears to be naive and illogical to continue diplomacy and calls for peace with governments that are publicly opposed to the existence of Israel.

The State Department, over several administrations, has a mixed reputation, at best.

I am optimistic and hopeful about your role as Secretary of State, and despite the news accounts that say that I'm the one that's going to ask you the hard questions about potential conflicts of interest, I have no questions about your…

Pakistan is a government without a country and Afghanistan is a country without a government.

The challenge is tremendous.

I think we both agreed on the importance of moving from where we are with heavy use of fossil fuels to renewables and non-emitting fuels.

It's very difficult to see an expanded role for America around the world--certainly one that has to be prioritized.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today cautioning that more bailouts of banks and financial firms will likely be needed to fix the economy.

During a time when we are plagued with problems, we can at least be thankful that the Obama Administration will have Peter Orszag, a steady hand, at the helm.

Our country faces massive problems: a recession that is deepening, unemployment that is soaring, business failures and foreclosures occurring at a rate not seen since the 1930's.

Thus, the decline in the private-sector union membership over the post-World War II period... has been associated with an increased dispersion of pay among workers.

I voted for it the first time. Do you think the first $350 billion was wisely spent?

To me, that is a good thing. You are doing that, right.

With that amount of money, you have got to do a bunch of things.

I think the money was largely wasted.