It's one of those tough things. Had we been able to avoid doing it, we would have.

We're in a reformation period with our nuclear program. Potentially, nuclear power is a very valuable power source.

This discontinuance of your project in no way reflects on the merit of the work or the progress made during its period of support, but is required to enable a new generation of exploration missions within the current budget profile.

To jump-start our economy, we must leave cash in your hands - because if you've got money in your pocket, you'll spend it at the hardware store or the corner market, and that will drive job growth in our private sector.

It has been a rocky road at times. But the rewards, I think looking back, far outweigh the negatives.

You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.