We have remained concerned about the volume of the reporting of threats. And that is why the Department of Homeland Security has sent out several bulletins over the past few weeks to homeland security officials and law enforcement personnel urging all to continue to be on a heightened state of alert, especially as we enter the busy holiday season. |
We have seen that today has been a tough day in Iraq. We know the enemy wants to disrupt the transition to democracy and disrupt the formation of a new government. But every step of the way they have failed. |
We have since called the court to inform them that the president has other commitments on Monday, and that he would like to reschedule his jury duty. |
We have taken significant steps to better protect the American people at home. There is more to do. This is the president's highest responsibility. |
We have to deal with reality. The reality is, we have a number ? a very high number of illegal immigrants in this country. They're meeting an important economic need. And we are a nation of laws, and we're a nation of immigrants. And if we're going to address the real threats, then we need to have a temporary worker program to allow our Border Patrol agents to focus on the criminals and the thugs and the terrorists and the traffickers and smugglers that are trying to come into this country illegally. |
We hope the chief justice is feeling better soon. |
We hope to see good progress in the coming days. We'll be watching. |
We just heard from the intelligence community that they believe it's authentic. |
We kept Senate Democrats from killing the Patriot Act. |
We kept Senate Democrats from killing the Patriot Act. We're pleased that the existing Patriot Act is still in place. |
We knew of the flooding that was going on. That's why our top priority was focused on saving lives. |
We know that the stakes are high in Iraq. The terrorists recognize how high the stakes are. That's why they're trying to prevent the democratic process from moving forward. But they are failing. |
We know that's one of their tactics that they use. And so I think you have to keep that in mind as well. |
We look forward to continuing to talk about it. I mean, you can get caught up in polls; we don't. Polls are snapshots in time. |
We look forward to moving forward on initiatives that the president will outline later with members of Congress. |