Clapper Has Been Straight And Direct In

I Was Extremely Excited Personally About The Obama-biden Victory.

The Debate We Won't Be Having Is Whether Or Not The Debt Ceiling Should Be Raised. We Will Not Have A Situation Where People Will Hold The American Economy Hostage In Order To Achieve A Specific Agenda - At Least Not Until 2013. So We Think That Is Incredibly Important As A Matter Of Economic Good.

The President Assured The Chancellor That The United States Is Not Monitoring And Will Not Monitor The Communications Of The Chancellor.

I Think We Ought To All Take A Step Back And Remember Where We Were 24, 48 Hours Ago, A Week Ago, Two Weeks Ago - The Prospect That Was Hanging Out There That America Would Not Honor Its Obligations For The First Time In Its History, And The Impact That Would Have On Our Economy And The Global Economy.

The President Made Clear When He Was A Candidate For This Office And When He Took This Office, That Unfortunately Prior To His Taking Office, Because Of The Focus On Iraq, And The U.s. Efforts There, That The Original War, If You Will, In Afghanistan Had Been Neglected, The Strategy There Was Unclear, And That It Was Not Properly Resourced.