One mistake was waiting too long to evacuate. There were serious problems.

We have exhausted every possible approach to try to solve the problem, ... There are a number of complex problems. At this point it's just a waste of time.

There is no painless way to solve Social Security's solvency problems.

It's not uncommon for aircraft to have problems with their landing gear. This isn't unique to this particular aircraft.

Aircraft do have landing gear problems. What is extremely rare is when you have television cameras aimed at the plane ... there were a lot of people in our office that were really stunned about how perfect that landing looked.

Government never solves problems. It usually adds to them or exaggerates them. Bureaucracies load the private sector with good intention programs that the developer can pay for. Private enterprise is not a mule that can carry an ever-increasing load.