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I Worry Very Much That We're In A Situation Now Where There Doesn't Appear To Be Any Limitation Whatsoever In Terms Of The Spending Commitments That Obama's Administration Wants To Make. Vast Expansion In Terms Of The Deficit, But It Also Says A Lot About What They Intend For The Role Of Government In The Society.

I've Worked For Four Presidents And Watched Two Others Up Close, And I Know That There's No Such Thing As A Routine Day In The Oval Office.

Because If We Make The Wrong Choice, Then The Danger Is That We'll Get Hit Again, That We'll Be Hit In A Way That Will Be Devastating From The Standpoint Of The United States, And That We'll Fall Back Into The Pre-9/11 Mind Set If You Will, That In Fact These Terrorist Attacks Are Just Criminal Acts, And That We're Not Really At War. I Think That Would Be A Terrible Mistake For Us.

I Think They're In The Last Throes, If You Will, Of The Insurgency.

You Can't Fall Back On The Private Sector And Say, 'you Take Care Of The Nation's Banking System.' That's A Fundamental Function Of The Government, The Federal Reserve, The Treasury And The Fdic, Etc. All Of Those Agencies Have A Major Role To Play There.