It's my honor, as President of the United States, to add my voice to the salute that is being paid to the Pirates, to the Steelers, to western Pennsylvania, and today especially, to Pittsburgh.

I think the whole country was inspired, because they were known, as you know, as a team that said, 'We are family.'

And now he's been proven to be right.

I think the reciprocal nature of that unselfish attitude has paid rich dividends for them as teams.

There are only two things that we can do to accomplish this goal.

We want to reduce that dependence to such a degree that in an emergency, if we have to, we could do without oil from a certain part of the world.

The purpose of this meeting is to equate accurately energy security with our Nation's military security; there's no way to separate the two.

We value, as do the people of Kenya, the worth of one individual human being.

The American people are deeply aggrieved that Iran, after guaranteeing the protection of our people, has taken them hostage and held them in intolerable conditions for 108 days.

We share moral values, we share religious faith, and we share political values as well.

The United States has no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran, but it does insist on the prompt return of the 53 Americans now illegally held in Tehran.

We hope that the commission will, as the Secretary-General has said, achieve an early resolution of the crisis between our two countries, which requires the release of the hostages.