“I think the system is basically sound, I truly do. I understand there’s a lot of

“I think the system is basically sound, I truly do. I understand there’s a lot of nervousness. The economy is growing. Productivity is high. Trade’s up. People are working — it’s not as good as we’d like. And to the extent that we’ll find weakness, we’ll move.”

President Bush

Seeking to bolster confidence in the U.S. economy.

“This regime is not in crisis.”

Mahjoub Mohammed Saleh

A respected analyst in Sudan and co-founder of the independent newspaper al-Ayam, after President Omar al-Bashir was charged by the International Criminal Court with orchestrating a campaign that the U.N. says has killed 300,000 people in Darfur.