The United States faces a ruthless enemy - and we need a commander-in-chief and a Congress who understand the nature of the threat and the gravity that American finds itself in. President Bush and the Republican Party do. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many Democrats.
In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
It's pretty pathetic to have the vice president of the United States down here mouthing off,
I can make him president of the United States.
People have raised an issue about security. That is entirely appropriate. But upon examination, it's not the company that's in charge of security, it's the United States' government that's in charge of security.
We're going to have to use every diplomatic tool with the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency and our partners in Europe to bring pressure to bear to stop this.
We are engaged in a diplomatic process with our European partners and the United Nations to keep them from developing such a weapon.