He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate.

If my e-mail is any guide, and the things I'm hearing from just people in the street that you talk to and people that you know, I don't think much of the nation feels particularly deprived that they found out about this on Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening instead of Saturday night or Sunday morning.

And when they are distracted and there are worries about them, that spreads. So there is a sense of anxiety in the White House at the moment.

These are not small figures in this administration.

was considerably tongue-in-cheek, and some of the responses have been notably humorless. Lighten up a little bit!

Well, we got wiped out in Camille, but we rebuild. We love it here. And we'll rebuild again.