The president of the United States, the most famous person in the world, maybe in the whole galaxy - in a long time - he had to spend like a billion dollars to set the record straight.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal, state, local?

I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.

That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.

I'm confident in the American people.