Gary Peters actually said...

"I appreciate the frankness of all of you."

"The triple-A credit of the United States is the bedrock of the global financial system."

"If we are asking other countries to improve their institutions, to bring more transparency, how do we make that argument when we are not willing to do it ourselves?"

"If you tell them that they have paid into a system for their entire life... that is not something that is going to be palatable to nearly everybody."