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

I commend her to you with enthusiasm.

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

The industrial base is obviously of very great concern.

I can't think of anyone who has the experience and the capabilities to do this job.

I would agree that a separate track, with much more streamlined processes, is necessary to support operational forces.

To be blunt, military forces can buy time, but the success there ultimately will be some type of political accommodation.

There is a possibility that there could be a serious crisis of legitimacy that will impair the ability of a very dysfunctional government to function at all.

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.

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

I think we've learned worldwide is that governmental capacity is such a critical element of stability.

I think it has to be viewed as a critical requirement for us.

the perception caused by civilian casualties is one of the most dangerous things we face in Afghanistan