This is the democratic process at work, ... What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

The insurgents are still there, ... They still want to derail the democratic process. They still want to discredit the Iraqi government, so operations continue.

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

The United States stands with the people and government of Indonesia as they work to bring to justice those responsible for these acts of terrorism, ... We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror.

This is going to be a Palestinian process, and I think we have to give the Palestinians some room for the evolution of their political process,

I believe they are going to finish this, ... We are confident that they will complete this process and continue on the path toward elections for a permanent government at the end of the year.