i do not matter as long as it add up. i think this is what makes sense. >> do you have an opinion as to the rate that it might occur? a you suggesting that it is over the first three years? >> i do not have specific numbers. i think that if you look at the amount they mentioned, to get stability, clearly that is something that can be done with an increasing affect over the decades. there is a fair amount of empirical support for the notion that if you are wanting to help an economy recover but you're trying to balance the federal budget that there are a couple of ways of going about it.

one way is to cut federal spending. the empirical evidence tends to support the notion that you help the economy recover faster if the focus of an cutting expenses. do you agree? >> it is very complex. there is some literature that suggests that budget cuts can lead to recovery. that is only in limited circumstances. just think that is a general proposition. we have to look at your spending policies and ask if they are doing what you want them to do. are the tradeoffs good trade house for us? >> thank you. >> on april 13, the federal reserve board and the federal

insurance corp. issued a joint report summarizing results of a horizontal review. you found critical weaknesses. foreclosure documents and oversight and monitoring of third-party vendors which resulted in unsafe and unsound violations. simultaneously, it you entered into a consent orders with these third-party service providers which required them to take steps to correct the problems identified. they were required to conduct a

thorough review of actions that were pending through december 30 to identify borrowers that have been financially harmed by practices. i understand retention of these firms in the process was required to be spelled out in engagement letters that they have to approve. what is the status of these engagement letters? have all of the banks maintained their firms? have they spelled ups the manner? how you respond to the criticize -- criticism is that they were overly vague and allow them to develop their own plans?

>> what is the methodology that each servicer will use to ensure that every single borrower in district is identified going forward? i know this is a lot. you get the drift. >> the engagement letters are being developed. they will be carefully reviewed. >> do you have a timeline? people are losing their homes. cracks the letters are being reviewed. the process is already under way. they are already reaching out to find people. there's something this morning

about that. they have already made progress in improving their operations and addressing the worst abuses. we are well advanced in getting the formal agreement. >> i want to note >> thank you.

>> in a few moments, new jersey governor chris christie announces he will not run for the republican nomination for president. " love at 7:00 eastern would segments "washington journal" is live at 7:00. >> several live events to tell you about today beginning with the british prime minister david cameron speaking at his conservative party's conference. that is at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2 and the other live events are on cspan 3. at 10:00, the transportation subcommittee on the air traffic control system. this would include representatives of the federal law airline -- federal aviation administration. republican presidential candidate ron paul is speaking at the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern and at 2:00

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new jersey governor chris christie announced tuesday he will not run for the republican presidential nomination. he spoke with reporters at the state capitol in trenton for a little less than one hour. [no audio] >> my job here in new jersey is my passion. i'm the luckiest guy in the world to have this job. i'm doing a job i love in this state i grew up in on behalf of some of the toughest and

greatest people in this country. it was not until recently that i paused to reflect my decision. when you have serious people from across the spectrum, not to mention across the country passionately calling on you to do something as consequential as running for president of united states, i felt an obligation to turn as they consider their advice. together with mary pat and their children, i believe i have an obligation to seriously consider what people were asking me to do. a will always be grateful for their confidence in me. over the last few weeks, i have thought long and hard about this decision. i have explore the options and listened to so many people and considered whether this was something i needed to take on. in the end, what i've always felt this the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not

abandon. as the promise i made to the people of this state when i took office 20 months ago. , to fix a broken new jersey. what i look at what was accomplished so far, i am proud but i know we're not nearly done. i have made this commitment to my state first and foremost. the people send me to trenton to get a job done and i'm just not prepared to walk away. i know not everyone agrees with my decision but my loyalty to this state is what it is. abraham lincoln said i like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. i like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. that is how i feel in my heart about new jersey. am proud of this state and its people and i know there is still much more we need to do together to ensure the future we want for all of our children.

this is not the time to leave unfinished business for me. stakes are too high and the consequences are too real. so, new jersey, whether you like it or not, you are stuck with me. [laughter] let me say this -- i am grateful to the many people both in new jersey and around the country who have spoken to me over these last weeks and months. i'm grateful for their confidence in me. and grateful for that faith they place in me. it has been unbelievably humbling and inspiring. make only hope i'm able to discount to do the job i need to do at home. questions. >> governor, have you closed the door and possible future presidential ambitions? do you still have some interest? >> i have an interest in being

employed in the future and i will not preclude any employment in the future whether that the president or working at nbc. [laughter] i will not preclude any chances. >> what happened in the last couple of weeks that made you want to reconsider your decision. >> i did not want to but when you have this many of serious people come to you and tell you that you really needed to reconsider and then all kinds of regular folks. we got a fedex over the weekend at home from a farmer in nebraska to my children asking my children to sit me down and tell me that it was ok to mr. gaines and the contras and their events because our country needed me more and if they did that, they would be remembered in the history books. as the people who changed the

course of our country's history. we got literally dozens of letters like that at home at her home address from people over the country. as this all started to accumulate over the past couple of months, mary pat and i decided that we really should rethink this. so we did. in the end, my commitment to the state is what overrode anything else. i ask for this job. i fought hard to get this job. my job here is not done. it just never felt right to me. to leave now. i rethought it because when as many serious people really earnestly come to you and ask you to do it, to have an obligation to rethink it so we did the weekend that in the same spot. >> [inaudible] >> no. [laughter] you screw around and now you are

out. [laughter] >> what about the shortened primary schedule? >> no, none of them were a factor. i have a great political team and they are ready to do whatever want them to do. in the end, the factor, the deciding factor was it did not feel right to me in my gut to leave now when the job here is not finished. i could never get by that. lots of people of talk to me to try to get me by it and i could not get by it. >> did one particular person

give you the most persuasive arguments? >? no, i would not single anyone out. >> there were many extraordinarily accomplished people and really great regular americans who wrote and called and tweeeted all kinds of stuff. there's not one particular person. in the end, this decision is my decision not anybody else's decision. there was no one to convince me of it. it has to be your decision. today, this decision is my decision. >> , to this decision is based upon your commitment to your family? >> i have seen some really wild reported about this. mary pat and the kids were

completely behind me running if that's what i wanted to do. three weeks ago, mary pat will me up at 6:00 in the morning and said, "if you want to run, go for it and don't worry about me and the kids. we will be fun" fine" that has not been an issue all. my children were all great. i talked to all of them about it. we talked a lot about it as a family together. you want that's what to do, it will be fun. my son said it would be a great adventure if you decide to do it. they're all great. it was not a family decision. in the end, they laid it all on may. they told me i had to decide so i did. >> [inaudible]

>> what i care most about is the country is better. i think the country will be better but making sure that president obama is serving one term. i don't worry about that. i don't think you can worry about that stuff. in the end, i have a great job that i am really committed to and where we made great progress and i will continue to do that job whatever the future holds. i don't think any of you -- you covered made during the campaign -- -- you covered me during the campaign -- you would not said that i missed my one chance to run for the president of united states. >> you could have been a

contender says the polls. >> you cannot make these decisions with any regret. how could i be regretful being governor of the state of new jersey? i have a great job and i love doing it. i'm doing some great things here. there is a lot of great things still to accomplish. i don't feel any sense of regret at all. i felt like it was my obligation given the seriousness and the amount of people who were coming to me and asking. me to asking i did and i spent a lot of time. in the end, i came back to the same place i was in a poll last year when everyone was asking me. i don't want to leave this job. i made a commitment to the people of new jersey to fix the state and do this job and it never felt right to me to leave. so i didn't. >> [inaudible]

>> any advice i have for the people running i will give directly to the people running. the reason it is important because the president has failed. you were there. read this speech i gave the reagan library. i think this is just an example of somebody who has failed the leadership test. more than anything else in these jobs, i have learned there is no substitute for knowing how to lead. everything else you can be taught. you cannot be taught how to lead and make decisions. unfortunately, even though there are areas you know that i support this president in, over all, he has failed the american people because he has failed that absolute litmus test to be

president of united states and that is to know how to lead and the site and he has not done that. >> you say there still were to be done. what happens next? >> nothing has changed. it's just that all you people have shown up today and had this press conference but nothing has changed. education reform is, number one priority for the lame-duck session. all the things i have talked about overtime, nothing has changed in that regard. this has been a really interesting time for me. i will continue to speak out when i feel compelled to on issues that matter for the country. the only thing -- you asked if there was any regret, marcia -- the only regret i have is that i have given such great tv exposure to some of the local reporters. who will have casts on tv?

that is the only regret i have. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not prepared to make any endorsement today. i'm not a halfway kind of guy. if i feel there is someone in the field who gives us the best chance to defeat the president, i will endorse that person and i will work hard for that person. i'm not in a position today to make that judgment. >> was nancy reagan and influence? >> i noticed that the drums got

louder and that is why i decided to reconsider the decision. as far as mrs. reagan, i had a great time with her last tuesday that the reagan library. it was one of the great honors of my life to be invited by her to speak there. we had a great dinner together and whatever conversation i had with nancy reagan is between her and died. -- she and died. the reporting about this has been curious. maybe some people over heard things the would ever occur between me and mrs. reagan is between me and mrs. reagan and nobody else. >> [inaudible] are you ready to be president? >> that is not even irrelevant

question anymore. i have made the decision not to run. i made the decision not to run because i believe in my heart where i belong. i made a commitment here to the people of this state. mary pat and andrew and i were out to dinner the other night and had a whole bunch of people talk to me and say that i really hope you run for president if that's what you want to do but i will really miss you here. that did a lot to reinforce what i was already feeling myself. people in new jersey got me back on course over the time this has been publicly considered. >> there is an election coming up and does this help you advance your agenda? >> i see it as a referendum. these things are district by

district races. given the condition of the map i don't see it as a referendum on me. i see it as a referendum on the coverage of the candidates on the ballot. we have some good candidates on our side that i am trying to help. if they get elected, they will help me to move our agenda for more rapidly than it is moving now. on the other hand, i have found a way to get some things done even though we don't have the legislature. we have the tools that we will see how we do. >> how far did you get in the planning process? >> i explored a lot of options and spoke to a lot of people. amid the final decision last night. -- i made a final decision last night. >> [inaudible] >> neither, i did not take a

lot of time to think about it that way. i am who i am. there is not a lot of varnish. people probably judge may base and what they see and what they see is what they get a new jersey has learned that ver. >> [inaudible] on the subject of jobs -- think it says anything particular about the field. i would like to take it says something about me. there are folks who feel like what we have done here in new jersey in a blue states bring people together and getting things done is something they would like to see in the

country. i think that is what it was really all about. it was not my charming good looks. i think it was the accomplishments we have here in new jersey that made people excited that may be divided government could work, may be leading in a very bold and direct way could forge compromise. i think that is what that was all about. i don't think there is anyone in america who would think my personality is best suited to be vice president. >> [inaudible] >> it is a no until it is a yes. [laughter] what i said was is that i would

reconsider my no but it never changed. i am saying no. that is the same kind of answer. i know it is your job to ask me this question. a dozen different ways and i will answer it almost a dozen different ways. in the end, the answer remains the same as it always has. >> what about your reaction to your speech of the reagan library? >> we were in the midst of the reconsideration when i went to the reagan library so did not make a difference in that regard. those are things i feel and i have felt for some time. i thought that was the appropriate forum to speak out about them. no, the speech itself or the reaction to the speech did not have any effect on my decision making process. it was great to be there.

i enjoyed the evening tremendously. i thought i had some important things to say which is what i said then. in the end, it did not have any effect on my decision. >> how do we know we won't be here in three months from now or six months from now? the republican party may come back to you. >> because i said no. i have spoken to a lot of people this morning and told in the answer is no. many people have encouraged the and those people were serious and i think they understand. this was a long shot for them to change my mind in the first place. i felt an obligation given the seriousness and the amount of people that were asking me to reconsider to reconsider. in the end, they did not change my mind because i feel in my

heart what i am doing is right and that is to stay in new jersey and stay committed to the job to the people this state gave me. if you're looking for something else, it is not there. it just did not feel right to me to leave before the job was done. >> [inaudible] >> it is the same thing -- [inaudible] >> you don't know the rules. you are new here. it is about what we accomplished in this state. there were not searching. they can write to one party. it was me and has been made for a long time. i think it is because of what we have accomplished here and i'm proud of that. but there is a lot more to do here. the state was pretty messed up when i took it over. we're making great progress but

we're not there yet. i think that's what it was about. i don't think it is a reflection on other folks. >> [inaudible] >> i found that the advice i got from other people who had run for president was dependent upon whether they won or lost. the ones who lost typically called it something like a nightmare and the ones won said it could be really awful. there was a slight difference but not a significant one in terms of making a decision. no one endorsed the joy of running for president in my experience. nobody really talked about that. they talked about the sense of duty and obligation and honor and excitement about it but nobody said this would be really good thing to do if you have nothing else to do.

it was not characterized that way. >> [inaudible] >> i think a bunch of the people who are candidates would not say something like that. i think they want me to think kindly of them. even if they were annoyed, no one has said it to me. i don't think it was that kind of sense. the people looked at this said this was on something i kept trying to push off. i eventually to reject it eventually just became more than i could push off without giving those folks a real serious reconsideration which is what i did. i have made the judgment and that is that. >> what do you see now as your

role for your voice on the national stage? >> look at the reagan speech. the reagan speech is my statement on the state of our country both at home and around the world. and the things we need to do to fix it. i thought long and hard about that speech and i wrote most of it myself. it is how i feel about where our country is and the challenges we face now and what we need to do to change it. i will continue to speak out on issues that really matter to me. and where it can be useful. i will continue to play a role in these things. i am vice chairman r of thega -- i am vice-chairman of the rga so i will be working over the next year and a quarter that there's of the things people want me to do, i will consider

doing them as long as they're not inconsistent with me being able to perform my duties here at home. >> [inaudible] do you run the risk of losing the momentum? >> you were more than i do. we have to get you some help. you are obviously overwrought. it is great that you are so worried about me and my future. you could not tell by reading your column starts. >> [inaudible]

>> i did not mark it down in my diary. it is an evolving the. ing. you know about the different context i had and the people who approached me but there was no moment. mary pat and i had a conversation and said we better start thinking about whether we need to reconsider this decision. it was in the last few weeks but i cannot pinpoint it. >> [inaudible] >> it is a shock to people in new jersey. i don't know how to address that. it's crazy. that's when i knew that i could

actually win when all these people started shooting at me before i got in the race. that is when you really know you got something special is when they start shooting at you before you get in. i said all along i am a principled conservative. and also said in the regular -- reagan speech, as ronald reagan did, you have to compromise to get things done. that does not mean compromising your principles. means not getting everything you want. someone may call that a liberal but they are dead wrong. in the end, you look at the record of ronald reagan which is what i talked about that the library. he had a record that was replete with principled compromise in order to move our country forward. if someone wants to accuse me of that, i am happy to wear the mantle like ronald reagan did. >> you want to stay neutral and

not endorse any primary candidates. [inaudible] >> that's all stuff to be seen in the future. i think it is very important for the republican party of new jersey to play an important role in determining who the of our party will be. i will continue to give advice to folks in my party in this state about how we should conduct ourselves in the presidential process. hopefully, my advice will be followed. we will see how it goes. >> [inaudible] >> i can't say that. i have no idea i'd not begun to think about that.

i am not midway through my term. there will come a time when i have to make that decision. one thing i have learned is you don't make any decision before you absolutely feel you have to. i don't feel i have to make that decision now so i will not make that decision. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not the to release self- conscious about this. it is not a news flash to me that i'm overweight. i saw the letterman top-10 list for it all but eight out of the 10 relief fund. -- were really funny. you have to know who you are in this life. for me, their job is to be

funny. if one of the things they want to make fun of his my weight than it is fair game. i public figure. all i care about is that they actually are funny. so i can laugh about it while they are mocking me. i thought lederman had some funny stuff. the guy who made jokes not about me being fat was really funny. i watched it and some of the stuff i did not initially. anthony would come to me with his computer and he has been grounded. [laughter] it is not something that bothers me. i'm not self-conscious about it. i am self aware. it is what it is and hopefully, they continue to be funny. that is the most important

thing if they're going to poke fun at you, make sure you can laugh at it. >> your advisors put together a scenario about how you could advance to the primaries and get the nomination and in the and, at what point in the last couple of days did to no lycee? >> i made the decision last night. a called my folks this morning and told them. i tell them i wanted to announce this afternoon. i went to bed last night for the first time in a few days knowing exactly what i wanted to then i called everybody this morning and let them know what we were doing and that was it. it was not a complicated process. it was about me getting to the point where i believed it was ok for me to leave and i never got

there. i never could justify the idea of leaving the state early. before the job was done. that is where it sat for the rest of it is irrelevant. >> [inaudible] >> i don't imagine i will be asked. i don't have the personality to be asked. seriously, can you imagine? the guy would probably want to get a food taster. i don't see it. it is not relevant. it really isn't. i don't see it happening. you don't run for that job. i'm not looking for that job. after everything today, this is that the job i want for it this

is the job by want to do and i will keep doing as best as i can do it over the course of time. that is what i'm focused on. i'm not focused on the rest of it. >> in terms of on the ground -- [no audi[inaudible] >> lisa is getting very, very good because he anticipated my answer when i began to interrupt her and now she has lost a moment for us. i have no other answer. this is not hard. i have run campaigns before. if you want to get in, you can get in. anytime you get into a race there are pluses and minuses. to your candidacy. i have never seen a pro and con list put together where there were all pros and cons. it never happens. whenever you get into something,

you get in, that is out or >> to. that is it. >> [inaudible] >> i have complete confidence and all those folks but i am the guy who got elected. this is about my commitment to people of the state when they elected me. is not about lack of confidence i have been anybody else i made the commitment. i'm the one who asked for the job and campaign for the job. that was what it was all about was my commitment to them. it was not and the lack of confidence in any of the people i work with. it is just about my commitment to the folks who voted for me and who elected me and even to the folks who did not vote for me. but who now have me as governor. it is not about any lack of

confidence. >> do you think president obama is vulnerable? >> i am not a political analyst. i don't get paid to be one on tv. i will not sit here and talk about the chances. it is not my job to do that. if i have particular advice for any other republican candidates, the appropriate weight for me to convey that is to get on the phone with them and talk to them directly. if i have advice, if i have observations on the stuff, i will give it to them directly but i will not do it out here. >> [inaudible] what about the overall question of should someone be elected if they are overweight?

is that a fair question to put to any candidate? >> no. it's not. it is interesting about the comedians -- i think they have been great and they have free rein to do with the 12. the people who pretend to be serious commentators who have written about this are among the most ignorant people i have heard in my life. to say that because you are overweight, you are there for undisciplined -- i don't think i'm disciplined people get to achieve great positions in our society. the kind of stuff is just ignorant. the people who routed are ignorant people. at least the canadians don't pretend to be serious. they are comedians. they're making fun and that is fine.

-- at least to the comedienne's don't pretend to be serious. they further stigmatize people in no way that is really irrelevant to people's ability to do a particular job. those are the people we should really look down upon. the comedians get paid to do that. as long as they're funny, what do i care? >> people are looking to you for something and they're wondering what other people are not stepping up. >> i still think the debate has to get on to other really important issues. i think the public, to an extent, is really hungry for that to get on to the issues we

all know are the important issues. how'd we do with our short-term deficit? how do we dare to deal with our long-term debt? at a reform the tax code? how do we improve america's standing in the world if we don't have our house in order? how you intend to do all that? telling people the truth about moving us from an entitlement society to an opportunity society -- i am trying to make sure that those things are available for our kids. i don't hear a lot of conversation about that. i hope to hear it. one of the reasons i gave a speech i gave that the reagan library was to try to spur more of that discussion. i want to spur a discussion on this stuff and knowledge people along. nudge people want to do that

because that is in the best interest in -- of our country. that is my first obligation as a citizen. that is where i sit on that one current it is up to the candidates themselves to decide. it is their campaign and they can decide what they want to convey. in my view, they should be committed to getticommunicatinge really important issues. i don't think they have done that yet, to a large extent. >> , to your decision was affected by you're running for assembly -- how much of your decision was affected by running for assembly? >> not really.

it was about this job. it was about this place in the end. you could argue any side of any of that stuff peripatet. i have had people tell me that i was right on one point in longer. on another that is not really the issue. the issue for may was i made a commitment to the state and in the and, i could not get by, in my mind, in my heart, the idea that i would leave here 20 months into my term. i just could not get by that. i felt like i owe the people of new jersey more than that. despite the fact that i am incredibly inspired by all of these people who have said all of these amazing things to me and i think meant them, that is one thing. to get by the idea that i work so hard to get this job and ask for it and then to walk away

from it after 20 months, that was the only factor in the end. i could not get by that. anything else to be dealt with. i could not get by that. as long as i could not get by that, there was no reason to have any further discussion. that is where it sets >>. sat. >> [inaudible] people question your comments about immigration. how much would that have played into your campaign? a non >>e, because new jersey's unemployment is severely lower than when i got here. we've created many jobs since i got here. my position on the other issues has been made clear to people.

it did not affect my election in new jersey and i doubt it would have affected me if i ran for president for it in the end, none of that play a role. i hate to be repetitive but you guys keep asking the same questions looking for something else. let me be clear -- there is nothing else. everything else in my mind could have been dealt with. i had to get by the idea that i was leaving his job after 20 months and i could not make myself feel right about that. if i could not feel right about it, i was not going to do it. that is the way i felt. a year ago. that's the way i've. feel now that is the way i felt for the most part in between. if you are looking for other factors, that is it. the process was i could not get by that. in the and, all the rest of the stuff could have been dealt with. the despositive issue was could

i look in the mirror and justify leaving his job after 20 months? i could not. i could not walk away from a commitment to the people of this state. i made the decision i made. >> [inaudible] >> i think anybody would be troubled by that. anybody would be troubled by the use of that word. in whatever context that word is used, it is troubling. i don't know enough about the story about what it says about governor perry. i have no idea. just the use of the word, i think, is something that troubles most americans. i think that is a phrase of a long away past that should not have been a part of our

vocabulary than and should not certainly be a part of our vocabulary now. >> [inaudible] >> i have not said about anything about anybody. i've not ruled anyone out. let's be clear -- it is not any particular commentary on any one of them are . i'm here to make clear for folks what my position is on running for president. i think i have done a >> that. that. >> [inaudible] >> i don't think i would have been resigned from being governor but i would have been gone a lot. i would have been in all those places and it would not leave you a lot of time to physically be in the state to be able to do the job. when i see walking away from it, i mean walking away from it physically to campaign and two,

i would not fit into a race that i did not think i would wind. if i got in, i would win varia i could not hold both job. i never gave any thought to residing in order to run at all. >> [inaudible] >> i don't feel a whole lot different. i did not find it to be emotionally trying. it was a tough decision but i'm used to making tough decisions. i dealt with in the wake i do in making decisions. i try to get all the information i possibly can. i try to listen as -- to as many people as i can listen to why believe that something relevant and to have the gr kind ofavitas to make their opinion matter.

i played devil's advocate with people who were making the argument for me to punch holes in their argument to open my own mind. then i tell them to leave me alone that is where we were this weekend. i told my folks, don't bother me. don't call, don't ask for anything. leave me alone and there were grid about that. it left alone this weekend because i needed time to myself with me and mary pat to really take in and absorb everything that i have heard and learned and then see whether i could look in the mirror and make that call. my original hope was that i would do that by sun that so we could do this on monday but was not quite there. it emotionally draining and i don't feel like any burden has been lifted off because i did not see it as a

burden. i saw it as an extraordinary compliment that somebody who has been in office for 20 months was being asked to run for president. i did not see it as a burden. it is the same way adults do this job as a burden. this job is an extraordinary opportunity. i get up every morning having no trouble getting out of bed because i know that every day i have a chance to do something great. i don't to something greater every day but every day i have a chance. that is an enormous blessing. that is a job that is a blessing and that is the way i view this job. any of the says -- decisions i had to make over the course of the last few weeks about this was another blessing. think about it -- and believe me i have -- to be born in newark and be a regular guy from new jersey who people actually wanted to consider running for

president of united states is an enormous gift and blessing that people gave to made. i never saw it as a burden and i was not an t notionallyried buy it. it was a serious decision. at the end of the day, you decide. as soon as you are ready, you decide. you don't dawdle. you don't linger. you decide. that is who i am and that is why do things and that is what i did in this case. i don't have any second thoughts about it. in the end, i tell my folks all the time, when we make decisions and we believe we are doing the right thing, tear off the rear view mirror. there is no reason to be looking back. we look ahead for a look ahead to the challenges i have as governor and i look ahead to the opportunities we will have to make our state a better place and i look forward to any opportunity i will have to be able to play a meaningful role in helping heal our country because no one can look of this

country right now and not know we are hurting. and not know that our people are scared and want leadership and what someone to just express a strong direction about where we will go and leave. as their to the extent accompli and a role in that -- any hopeful role in that, i will do so. no one, i think, would you that as a burden. that is a great gift. t . i have the opportunity to play a role in that. i have stuff to do this afternoon and have a job to do here and i will continue to do it. i appreciate all you coming today. i appreciate the great deference you have given to me to try to make this decision. it is an important thing for all of us to understand. we all have our jobs to do. i think you all done your job well and i appreciate the way you have covered all this. i will get back to work. thank you all very much.

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