"Unless we reconstruct and maintain the international financial system, if countries start doing it bilaterally instead of multilaterally, the system will fall apart and we will end up in a depression,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"And like Lyndon Johnson he has this really ominous problem, which is if you escalate in Afghanistan and we end up in that swamp that will over time be a kind of constant drain on support and enthusiasm among young people, among minorities,among liberals, among progressives and it will really sap the president's ability to continue to energize this broad agenda,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29