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

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.

I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him Thursday morning. We talk every day.

We lead in exporting jobs.

Public Speaking is very easy.

It is not death that I'm apparently now succumbing to, but the rapid diminishment of lifeforce from this body of mine.

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.