i am going to start with darlene from a peak. -- ap. >> thank you, mr. president. deficit-reduction goals, the repudiation of your view that cutting deficits too quickly and too fast would hinder the global economic recovery, and then, if i could ask you just quickly, on north korea, you said yesterday that north korea must be held to account for the sinking of the south korean war ship and that there must be consequences for such irresponsible behavior. what specifically, what kind of punishment would you like to see imposed on north korea short of some sort of condemnation from the u.n. security council? >> ok. >> thank you. >> darlene, since you are the first, i'm going to give you two questions. anybody else, let's try to stick to one, please, especially big questions. with respect to the first question, we helped to draft this communique, which reflects our policies. i know leading up to the conference, leading up to the summit, there was some sense of a divide. in fact, the policies that we have been promoting are reflected in the communique, and is consisten

>> darlene, since your first, i'm going to give you two question. everyone else, please stick to one. with respect to the first question -- we helped to draft the communique which reflects our politics. leading up to the conference, there was some sense -- sense of the divide. the policies that we have been promoting are reflected in that communique and are entirely consistent with what the g-20 leaders came up with. keep in mind that we have already proposed a long time ago that we were going to cut our deficit in half by 2013. the time frame and the measures that have been adopted are consistent with our view is that it is important for us to make sure that in the medium and long term we are paying attention to the big deficits and debts that we have out there. what we did say coming to this conference is that we cannot all rushed to the exits at the same time. countries that have surpluses should think about spurring growth and demand. not all those -- some might involve store for changes in their economy and passing the financial regulatory refo

>> and darlene, since your the first i will give you two questions. everybody else, i will -- let's try to stick to one, please. especially big questions. with respect to the first question, we helped to draft this communique which reflects our policies. i know leading up to the summit there was some sense of a divide. in fact, the policies that we have been promoting are reflected in the communique and entirely consistent with what the g-20 leaders came up with. keep in mind that we have already proposed a long time ago that we would cut our deficit in half by 2013. the time frame and the measures that have been adopted are consistent with our view that it is important for us to make sure that in the medium and long term we are paying attention to the big deficits and debts that we have out there. we did say at this conference is that we can all rushed to the exits at the same time. countries that have surpluses should think about how they can spur growth and demand. not all of these involve stimulus. some might involve structural changes in their ec