All Americans wanted fairness and they got it this evening.

Our commitment to this founding principle is especially relevant today. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and generosity for our fellow citizens whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina, ... The powerful winds and floodwater of Katrina tore away the mask that has hidden from public view the many Americans who are left out and left behind.

They are expanding the scope of the commission to include Native Americans for the first time.

Leaders on both sides of the Atlantic need to build upon areas where Americans and Europeans do agree, like democracy promotion, to pave the way forward for transatlantic relations.

Americans will have the opportunity for the first time to hear Judge Roberts' views on the major issues.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man