The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

There’s Pam watching anxiously. She doesn’t look anxious though.

Let’s remember that the revolution in Tahrir Square was not anti-American, it was not anti-Israeli, it was for democracy and freedom. That’s a good thing.

We hope and we’ve made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete withdrawal. Our position is it needs to be done as soon as possible so that the elections can be free, fair and free of outside influence.

He served the president and the vice president well. There is now an indictment. And he is entitled to the benefit of the presumption of innocence,

But I think one of the things we've all learned from that is that it is important, also, to be clear about dissenting opinions and make sure that dissenting opinions also are given visibility.

His approach is to not to try and dominate but to participate as one of equals and listen, and that's what he did. At critical times he made his views obviously clear.

I think our judgment is: That is a credible claim. But I think that we are going to learn a lot more as the investigation goes forward.

In terms of the administration and executive branch process, that process has been completed ... There's nothing to reopen. In terms of the CFIUS, process, it's been completed.

I point out that some of the critics today believed, themselves, in 2002 that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. They stated that belief, and they voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq.