Jay Carney: “We've had an unprecedented level of obstruction when it comes to the confirmation -- often confirmation of routine…”

I think what we have to see is whether or not the extreme rhetoric that we have heard from Republicans, that you just cited will be matched by extreme action.

It's not to defend conventional speech or not to protect acceptable speech, but to protect and defend offensive speech, objectionable speech.

We don't question the right of something like this to be published. We just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it.

But in the end, either Iraq is sovereign or it's not. Either we're an occupying force or we're an invited force.