I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy.

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

Honest work deserves honest pay.

I meet with people all day long.

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are all rights to which all human beings are entitled, whether they choose to exercise them in a city square or an Internet chat room. And just as we have worked together since the last century to secure these rights in the material world, we must work together in this century to secure them in cyberspace.

It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again.