It's kind of the Washington, D.C., chattering class. They kind of talk amongst themselves.

These aren't joyous times when we have war in Iraq. These are challenging times, and they're difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of our country. I understand that.

This way of life is worth defending.

We must have the attitude that every child in America - regardless of where they're raised or how they're born - can learn.

We've been able to watch on our television screens sophisticated weaponry find a building; and we've seen dramatic reports from the front where Pulitzer Prize-to-be winning reporters stood up and declared, the United States is attacked, and all that.

We're going to have the best educated American people in the world. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.