we will still be in the position that it will be our national security interest to have security and stability in Afghanistan

this dictates that we have a long-term obligation to Afghanistan

Senator, when I make a mistake, I have to pay for it, and it seems when these financial institutions make a mistake, I have to pay for it, too.

Sometimes when you avoid harm from happening, you get no credit for it.

Do you believe that the American economy is recovering?

I see it as clearly aspirational. And I think we need to be honest with the American people.

The measures you have taken to put the financial system back on track have left a handful of banks larger than they were prior to the crisis.

Where I come from, we punish failure, not reward it.

This is clearly the singular most important----

And we seem not to have succeeded at dealing with the credit market in a way that meets some of our goals that are critical to also deal with our unemployment consequences.

this is the singular most important issue that your chairmanship is going to be critical over in terms of helping us move this country forward

I will do everything I can to stop your nomination and drag out this process as long as I can.