The Taliban Is Resilient.

It Doesn't Make A Lot Of Sense For Us To Borrow Money From The Chinese To Go Give To Another Country For Humanitarian Aid. We Ought To Get The Chinese To Take Care Of The People.

We Have Throughout Our History Been Tested When It Comes To The Institutions Of Our Democracy. And Thank God Our Forefathers Were Smart Enough To Establish A Government Of Checks And Balances To Make Sure That Power Cannot Be Centralized In Any One Branch Of Government. And Those Institutions Have Proven Themselves.

China Is A Major Power In The Pacific And I Think We Are Dealing With Some Common Threats In That Region: The Whole Issue Of Korea And The Stability Of Korea, The Whole Issue Of Nuclear Proliferation, The Whole Issue Of Providing Free Access To Our Ships That Are Operating In That Area.

We Are A Nation At War. This Is Also A Time For Hard Choices. It's About Ensuring That We Are Able To Prevail In The Conflicts In Which We Are Now Engaged. But It's Also About Being Able To Be Strong And Disciplined In Applying Our Nation's Limited Resources To Defending America.

When You're Smaller And Leaner, You're Not Going To Have That Large A Presence Throughout The World.