The president ... wants me to focus on the security questions and I will be doing that,

Congress will not use Social Security as a pot of gold to fund foreign aid,

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.

The problem is going to be within a month or two after disengagement there will be two completely different expectations as to what comes next.

The President's focus on Social Security as a national problem demonstrates his willingness to lead where others have chosen to demagogue.

I don't ever remember seeing that many cops in a courtroom. When I came in and saw all the security, I thought they might have had a bomb scare or something like that.