The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.

If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.

This is, in a very real sense, the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s.

We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

I think because there are real Indian and Pakistani constituencies in the United States , we'll wind up with money for earthquake relief that may be somewhat above the norm for these kinds of forgotten disasters. I think donors still have some spare change in their pockets.