The federal government's job is big and it's massive and we're going to do it. Where it's not working right, we'll make it right.

The results are not acceptable.

Right now, the days seem awfully dark for those affected. And I understand that. But I'm confident that, with time, you get your life back in order, new communities will flourish.

The great city of New Orleans will be back on its feet. And America will be a stronger place for it.

This recovery will take a long time.

Don't abandon your shelters until you're given clearance by the local authorities. Take precautions because this is a dangerous storm. When the storm passes the federal government has got assets and resources that will be deploying to help…

To turn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean.

So long as I'm the president, we will stay, we will fight, and we will win the war on terror.

We could hunker down, retreating behind a false sense of security. Or we could bring the war to the terrorists, striking them before they could kill more of our people.

Do they want to live in a society that's free? Or do they want to live in violence?

I understand her anguish. I've met with a lot of families. She doesn't represent the view of a lot of the families I met with.

I think immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a mistake. I think those who advocate immediate withdrawal from not only Iraq, but the Middle East, would be -- are advocating a policy that would weaken the United States.