— Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, as Obama sends to Congress a budget that aims for $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade.
“We may get a more permissive environment in Syria for these kinds of characters (such as al-Qaida) as the Syrian people get more and more desperate.”
— Salman Shaikh, director of the Brookings Doha Center, as al-Qaida’s leader called for President Bashar Assad’s ouster.
“We need to get the deficit under control in a way that builds the economy. We do it in a way that’s consistent with American values so that everyone pays a fair share.”
— Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, as Obama sends to Congress a budget that aims for $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade.