For a government to maintain any credibility, it has to have the ability to pay people's salaries, turn on the lights, be able to have desks, telephones ... etc.

I believe the federal government should stamp out discrimination wherever — wherever — it occurs, ... If I look only at what you've said and written ... I would have to vote no. You dismissed the constitutional protection of privacy as 'a so-called right.' ... You dismissed gender discrimination as ... a 'perceived problem.'

This interim government needs an infusion of a modest amount of capital in days, not weeks, not months,

[If the United States and the new Afghan regime agree to the measure,] there will be the ability to literally give some of the Afghans back their money to govern themselves in the near term, ... We're talking about more than $100 million.

J.C. Flowers' credibility and ability to move very quickly give him a head start on almost any other institution. Most people can't move that fast. It's being sold under extreme circumstances at a possible bargain price.

There are very significant concerns from the enterprise market as to the credibility of Microsoft in terms of their ability to deliver.