Jimmy Carter: “I intend to nominate George M. Fumich, Jr., of Arlington, Va., to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.”

I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.

I don't agree with that at all.

This is a very wise and very courageous thing for President Obama to do. And in my opinion, is long overdue.

I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitment by the world community including the controversial nations of Syria and Iran.