NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

“Today marks a new beginning for General Motors. ... The board is confident that this New GM can operate successfully in the intensely competitive U.S. market and around the world.”

GM Chairman Kent Kresa

After General Motors entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of the Obama administration’s plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government.

“Everyone is safe and sound. An exchange of fire took place, but the miscreants-terrorists fled the scene when they saw the strength of the armed forces.”

Pakistani Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas

After the rescue of dozens of people who had been taken captive by Taliban militants.