[Scientists believe bird flu] will migrate or mutate slowly toward the type of flu that can be transmitted from person to person, ... We would not be ready if it were to happen instantly.

We need everyone in America to be able to have a vaccine that will protect them and their children and their loved ones from having a pandemic flu, and we need to have the capacity to manufacture enough in six months that everyone could have one,

What's the probability of (a pandemic) happening again during the next decade? We don't know, but the warning signs are clearly troubling ? so troubling that no nation on Earth can afford to ignore this,

We did take a step forward in the process, ... Sometimes action isn't always yes and no. Sometimes it requires additional thought.

A pandemic is unique among disasters. It could happen in 5,000 different communities around the world at the same time, and no central place can manage all of those difficulties, and so local communities need to be ready, and part of the president's plan is to assure that they are,

This is a critical part of the plan,