So the argument that all the weapons that are in Mexico are the fault of the United States gun dealers is stretching the truth a little bit.

It seems to me that the mission we have here is to create a system today that is interoperable for all jurisdictions.

We are very excited at Fort Hood that we are going to have a new hospital in 2010.

I think the junkyard Soviet equipment that is in Afghanistan today gives a pretty good indication of that.

This has been an ongoing issue, we have talked about it today, and we talk about it just about every time we get you guys in here.

Thank you for what you do. You do a great job.

It is absolutely the highest privilege of my professional life to serve those that serve our country in uniform.

I think it is a crime to create a class of people to whom we would be automatically saying, 'Congratulations, you are in the Army. You get to go bankrupt.'

As we ramp up forces in Afghanistan, how do we do that without giving that perception that we are an invader.

he charged a small group of energy planners, James Schlessinger, to produce a comprehensive energy plan in 90 days.

It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation. The erosion of our competence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and political fabric of America. For the first time in the history of our country, a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. This is not a message of happiness, or reassurance. But it is the truth. And it is a warning.