But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way.

And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

We had a shared experience. That makes a good marriage better. In many ways our marriage is great because she has made it great.

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.