position on one-sided resolutions in the Security Council and General Assembly has been very clear. They are unacceptable unless they take into account the complex security situation on the ground and include a condemnation of terrorist bombings and the groups that perpetrate them.

This is the year that we are going to try to sustain the accomplishments on the political, economic and security tracks.

The damage is likely to be in the region of hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is a total security disaster.

There are 200 million cars on the road now. It's important for environmental, national security and economic reasons to wean ourselves off our immense thirst for oil.

Our priorities are national security. People linked to terrorism are number one. We are looking at the borders with interior enforcement - places that would be harmed by illegal terrorists working in places like nuclear power plants and airports. We are dealing with the criminal alien element. We can't be everything for everybody.

I believe there is unquestionable need for such legislation, ... In fact, I am convinced that our homeland security depends upon it.