It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

A good debater can be a good communicator. You have to communicate when you're president of the United States, and communicate effectively with the American people, and with the world.

Let me tell you something. As we were walking around in the store, Marilyn and I were just really impressed by all the novelties and the different types of little things that you could get for Christmas. And all the people that would help you, they were dressed up in things that said 'I believe in Santa Claus.' And the only thing that I could think is that I believe in George Bush.

We do, in former chairman Lee Atwater's words, offer the party as a big tent, and therefore that message has to be clear. How we do that within the platform, the preamble to the platform or whatnot, that remains to be seen. But that message will have to be articulated with great clarity.

If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.