. >> rose: i want to finally say as we plook at this, you expect to be the secretary of the treasury through the four years of this administration? >> i only answer-- there's only one way to answer that question. >> rose: as long as the president wants me there. >> i'm tempted to say, "i hope not." ( laughter ) but i will serve as long as the president would like me to serve. >> rose: if the president wins reelection? if if the president wants you to be in his government, you would be follow-- find hard to turn him down, whether secretary of the treasury or secretary of the state. >> the president will have a chance to make sure he -- you know,, has good people working with him to shape-- to shape our future. and it's been a -- you know, it is a great -- >> the most important lesson you've learned? ( laughter ) >> oh, there are so many. ( laughter ) it will take a long period of time. in. but there is no -- you know, i say to -- you know, when you talk to people in the university or people who are just coming out of college now, what i say to them is that, you know, you have to come