some perceived political gain here.

No one made Mr. Freeh go around and chase political rumors and scandals, to go and get into the depths of the president's personal life, ... He did that to win favor and curry favor with the far right wing of this country. What he didn't do was run the FBI.

Getting rid of the AMT is a good and wonderful thing, ... But is it enough of a political gain to really drive this whole thing forward? I don't think it is.

Getting rid of the AMT is a good and wonderful thing. But is it enough of a political gain to really drive this whole thing forward? I don't think it is.

You're talking about a plan that will likely mean deep cuts in the Social Security guaranteed benefits, and is based on the fact that he hopes that the stock market does well.

At this point there's been no requests for our assistance. We are following this closely, and if the Russians are in a position where they believe we can offer some assistance, we will do that.