The president has condemned all of the ads by the shadowy groups. We have called on Senator Kerry to join us in calling for an end to all the unregulated soft money activity that is going on in this campaign.

The president called Angela Merkel to congratul ate her on her selection as chancellor. The president told the chancellor-elect that he looked forward to working with her to build on the strong foundation of US-German relations.

I was honored this morning to receive a call from Senator Kerry asking me to join his ticket, ... I was humbled by his offer -- and thrilled to accept it.

The president is not going to be satisfied until they are.

Mickey got things off to a great start. It was initially his idea. The contract called for the book to be delivered in mid-July, but at the end of July we only had a few chapters,

someone the president believes has done a great job over at NASA.