Bill Clinton

This is a tragedy we all take very personally.

And I want to say to the folks in all the counties in the State—I've got a list that includes not only Pulaski but also Independence, St. Francis, Saline, and White Counties; we've already declared individual and local governments eligible…

We grieve for the loss of life.

I believe we should dedicate $500 billion of the surplus to give working families tax relief for retirement savings.

I believe we should use the first surplus in three decades and the projected ones in the future to meet America's great challenges.

If we squander the surplus, we'll waste a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a stronger nation for our children and our grandchildren.

That's the kind of tax relief America needs.

I was honored to report to the American people that our families, our communities, and our country are stronger, healthier, and more prosperous than ever.

I propose to keep Social Security strong for 55 years by committing 60 percent of the surplus for the next 15 years.

But I warned that we cannot let the hum of our prosperity lull us into complacency.

We all know that the baby boom will soon become a senior boom.

Well, it's been--I would say it has been a strain for my family. But we have worked very hard, and I think we have come through the worst. We love each other very much, and we've worked on it very hard. But I think he was showing--you…

Well, I never discuss the nuclear issue. I don't think that's appropriate. But I think that we would have at least a proportionate, if not a disproportionate, response if someone committed an act of war against the United States. That's…

But you know, and we--it was a sensible thing to do under the circumstances. Thank God we never experienced it. But it was the sensible thing to do. And so what I want us to do is everything, within reason, we can to minimize our exposure…

Let me say, I think that we need to have an organized response, if you will, to what you might call ``homeland defense'' on CBW and cyber or computer terrorism issues. And now we've established a national coordinator on these issues in the…

The real answer there is, we haven't reached a conclusion, but we're considering that. Because we have to work with the first responders, we've got the public health people looking into this and other people, and I think that that's a…

The Secret Service told me I couldn't discuss that, and they have good reasons for not wanting me to do it. But let me say, I'm convinced that like any other vaccination, there may be some small rejection, but I think on balance it's a…

Yes, but I think to be fair, we're a good ways away from that. I think we need to worry far more about the fact that most of these groups--we know, for example--let's take something I can talk about because it's public record. We know…

Well, ``The Hot Zone'' was interesting to me because of the Ebola thing, because that was a fact book. But I thought ``The Cobra Event'' was interesting, especially when he said what his sources were, which seemed fairly credible to me…

I've been asking them to think about this for a long, long time. And of course, we had it more or less in the context of terrorism because we had the World Trade Center and all the other things to worry about. But anyway.

Before you ask questions, I just want to say that I really have appreciated the stories you've done, because I think it's so important that--it's sort of a balance thing, but I want to raise public awareness of this and awareness also with…

Cheryl Shavers, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, vice Mary Lowe Good.

We are deeply committed to doing everything we can to help the people there recover.

I was very sad to learn of the terrible losses suffered by the people of Arkansas as tornadoes swept through Little Rock, North Little Rock, and 16 other counties in my home State last night.

Our thoughts and prayers are with them.