Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to show them that the American political and economic system works; we need to overcome our political gridlock;”

I think it would be a good thing. I think the American people need to know that the Congress of the United States is behind this effort that the administration is trying to mount.

I think the Arab states have largely been very shortsighted about this and very stingy.

We need to expose that, and then we need to push back by exporting truth.

We need to get our economy growing.