We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.

We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.

The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.

Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to monitor, track down and capture an American citizen.