I'm Not Going To Let

The American People Can Be - And Deserve To Be - Assured That Actions Taken In Their Defense Are Consistent With Their Values And Their Laws.

One Of The Things I Learned Is That You've Got To Deal With The Underlying Social Problems If You Want To Have An Impact On Crime - That It's Not A Coincidence That You See The Greatest Amount Of Violent Crime Where You See The Greatest Amount Of Social Dysfunction.

It's A Sad Indication Of Where Washington Has Come, Where Policy Differences Almost Necessarily Become Questions Of Integrity. I Came To Washington In The Late '70s, And People Had The Ability In The Past To Have Intense Policy Differences But Didn't Feel The Need To Question The Other Person's Character.

There's A Certain Level Of Vehemence, It Seems To Me, That's Directed At Me [and] Directed At The President. You Know, People Talking About Taking Their Country Back. There's A Certain Racial Component To This For Some People. I Don't Think This Is The Thing That Is A Main Driver, But For Some There's A Racial Animus.

I Look Forward To Working With The Nra To Come Up With Ways In Which We Can Use Common Sense Approaches To Reduce The Level Of Violence That We See - In Our Streets, And Make The American People As Safe As They Possibly Can Be.