And it's the belief that led me into public service more than two decades ago.

I want to thank the Governor and the Senators and Members of Congress for joining me.

The national emergency declared on November 3, 1997, must continue in effect beyond November 3, 2007.

My veto was sustained.

we can argue about what is a non-binding sense of the Senate

He will be a superb Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Senate should promptly confirm him.

We need to restore the voice of the people in government and put an end to the power of special interests and lobbyists.

We can't let this continue.

Too many members of Congress failed to ask hard questions.

to end the failed policies in Iraq.

When a veteran is denied health care, we are all dishonored.

As President, I won't stand for hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for benefits.

Every American who is ready to work for their American dream should be able to trust that they have a government that works for them.

The only thing they seem to have agreed on is to take a vacation.

We have to take the blinders off the White House.

I am looking forward to sitting down with this group of four people who are representative of the millions of voices that have been drowned out by the special interests in Washington.

I am using authority vested in me by Congress, including the Joint Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Bradford R. Higgins, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of State, vice Christopher Bancroft Burnham, resigned.