I Think We Have To Be Very

With A Weak And Rotting Core, You Don't Have Much Of A Foreign Policy. You're Discounted At The Negotiating Table, Economically And Militarily. So When People Ask What's The Best Course Of Action For The U.s.-china Relationship, I Can Give You Ten Academic Responses. But The Reality Is We Need To Rebuild Our Core.

But Economic Recovery Must Be Earned. And It Will Be Earned By Entrepreneurs And It Will Be Earned By Small Businesses.

A Crisis Allows Us The Opportunity To Dig Deep Into The Reservoirs Of Our Very Being, To Rise To Levels Of Confidence, Strength, And Resolve That Otherwise We Didn't Think We Possessed. Through Adversity, We Come Face To Face With Who We Really Are And What Really Counts.

And The Trajectory That Our Debt Is Taking Now Beyond $14 Trillion Is Going To Have An Impact On Our Currency. It Goes South, And Our Currency's Going To Have An Impact On Our Standard Of Living And Affect Every Family In This Country, And Over Time, Our International Competitiveness.

Our Political Debates Today Are Corrosive And Not Reflective Of The Belief That Abe Lincoln Espoused Back In His Day: That We Are A Great Country Because We Are A Good Country.