And It's Time As A Country That

I Think That Every Country Presents Its Own Particular Challenges, Different Cultures, Different Histories, Different Religions, Different People. And Different Ethnic Make-ups In Those Countries Present Different Challenges.

As We Move Forward, I Am Looking For A New Leader Of The Chicago Police Department To Address The Problems At The Very Heart Of The Policing Profession. The Problem Is Sometimes Referred To As "the Thin Blue Line." The Problem Is Other Times Referred To As "the Code Of Silence." It Is This Tendency To Ignore. It Is The Tendency To Deny. It Is The Tendency, In Some Cases, To Cover Up The Bad Actions Of A Colleague Or Colleagues.

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.

I Would Like To Run For The Mayor Of The City Of Chicago. That Has Always Been An Aspiration Of Mine Even When I Was In The House Of Representatives.

I Don't Want To Go Negative On Franklin Delano Roosevelt, But He Didn't Pass An Economic Deal In The First 100 Days. We Have Passed The Largest Recovery Act In The History Of The Country.