There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks.

There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it.

For those critics to ignore their own past statements, exposes the hollowness of their current attacks.

There is no U.S.-European proposal to the Iranians. I want to say that categorically,

We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability.

People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.