Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

The first priority is to make sure we have capital to continue to have capital available to put into the financial system. That's the first priority.

I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible.

I didn't get the charm gene.

Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now, as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.

There's a lot of things we could do better.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.