Jimmy Carter: “As long as I'm in the White House, we'll have a strong defense, second to none on Earth in military equipment and in our…”

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

I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over.

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 the last report I saw was that 28 loans have been made for people to rebuild their own homes.