George H.W. Bush: “I am pleased to nominate Lanny Griffith as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs.”

But he hasn't heard my latest proposal. The bottom 99 percent will do well when they get to split Dick Cheney's stock options.

I want to thank Senator Cardin for his tremendous leadership, for years, on human rights issues.

No, I'm glad you're saying my name.

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.