"The Haitians are determined that Haiti won't become a ground where children can be trafficked or sold or anything like that. That's a noble goal. It may be that the Idaho missionaries, to their explanation is absolutely accurate and they're 100 percent innocent."
"It may be that the Idaho missionaries, that their explanation is absolutely accurate and they are 100 percent innocent. And I think what is important now is for the government of Haiti and the governm..."
"Look, I want to go on nuclear power. I want to go forward with that. I want to go forward with offshore drilling."
"First, security is an essential prerequisite for reform, as it is for private investment."
"I do think that the United States should consider increasing the assignment of American police officers to the U.N. police contingent there."
"The good news is that Haiti is not a particularly difficult society to secure."
"no other people in the world would be so patient and calm in the face of so much suffering."
"Stabilization and reconstruction operations take time."
"2 years was too short a time to fix a society as troubled as Haiti's."
"I think the aid is coming in as fast as we can get it in by air and a little bit bussing it in. The real -- as you know, the real bottlenecks are the distribution system here."
"There's a need for food. There's a need for water. We have to start thinking short-term and long-term."