If we can achieve a breakthrough to peace in the West, it will make it easier for us to cooperate with the parties that made peace to deal with the threats in the East.

I think we've got a good chance to resume the talks.

I think there are a lot of reasons to be hopeful.

The Iraq government must adhere to all the pertinent United Nations Security Council resolutions.

This has been a very painful thing for me, seeing this thing happen to the Bay area.

If we want a balanced approach that maintains a smaller but still the best trained and best equipped military force in the world...we have to proceed with discipline on the base closing.

I believe that a couple of those facilities, the Treasure Island one, for example, I think that the potential of even more economic benefits by turning some of those facilities over to nonmilitary uses are very great indeed.

Individual assistance can include temporary housing, grants, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

The Department of Agriculture will transfer several hundred million dollars to programs to assist with emergency conservation.

I'm confident that Congress and the country will choose a new direction for America.

The physical and mental health of south Dade residents is critically important.

Housing continues to be the single largest need in south Dade.

I believe it's important that what we do, we do with the Organization of the American States and with the United Nations.

I am prepared to do that for the Bay area, to make a special effort to focus on their long-term needs.

You commit your daily energies and even your lives to benefit your fellow Americans.

Your work is often dangerous, even when times are quiet.

Most of all, you proved to the Nation that you are a strong and an independent person who will give me your best legal judgment whether or not it's what I want to hear.

I am immensely proud of who you are, what you stand for, and what you are doing.