Jimmy Carter: “I don't think the U.N. has any jurisdiction.”

I would prefer a much more rapid withdrawal myself and I don't know what the, you know, what the recommendation will be until I see the written report.

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.

I watched him on television. I thought what he said was absolutely ridiculous. There's no rational or logic to what he had to say.

Carter says the animosity directed at the president over health care, the big bailouts, is being driven because Mr. Obama is a black man.