Banks Are Slowly But Surely Lending Again,

And The Last Thing That I Want To See Us Do Is Ask More And More Of Our Troops [in Afghanistan ] Without Guaranteeing That We're Providing More And More Of What's Necessary To Make The Mission Successful.

In The White House, You Can Be On The Pitcher's Mound Or You Can Be In The Catcher's Position. Put Points On The Board. Show People You Can Govern. Deliver On What You Said You Were Going To Deliver On.

I Mean,you Will Have An Afghan Government. There Are Two Roads Here. One Is Obviously A Run-off Election Or A Negotiated Settlement. But What's Most Important About That Process Is That There's A Credibility And A Legitimacy To The Government At The End Of That Process. So Which Road They Choose, That's Up To Them. It Must Have - Be Legitimate And Credible In The Eyes Of The Afghan People.

What Is More Comforting To The Terrorists Around The World: The Failure To Pass The 9/11 Legislation Because We Lacked 'a Majority Of The Majority,' Or Putting Aside Partisan Politics To Enact Tough New Legislation With America's Security Foremost In Mind?

We Invoke The Sacrifices Of Our Fallen Heroes In The Abstract, But We Seldom Take Time To Thank Them Individually.