The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.

My point is that she's [Laura Bush] busy and I'm busy, which makes our marriage not only interesting but exciting.

We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief in God's justice, and your insistence on man's moral responsibility. We thank the many Muslim nations who stand with us against terror. Nations that are often victims of terror, themselves.

I don't want to be in the press.

I've set a clear doctrine: America makes no distinction between the terrorists and the countries that harbor them. If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorists, and you're an enemy of the United States of America.

Sometimes armchair quarterbacks are doing it to enhance their own image. I'm just not comfortable with that idea.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.