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Because there's a reason why these programs are classified. you know, i think that there is a suggestion that somehow any classified program is a quote unquote secret program, which means it somehow suspicious, but the fact of the matter is, in our modern history, the whole la range of programs have been classified because when it comes to, for example, fighting terror, our goal is to stop folks from doing us harm and if every step we are taking to try to prevent a terrorist act, is on the front page of the newspapers or on television then presumably the people trying to do us harm are going t...

Inconvenience. we're going to have to make some choices as a society. and in evaluating these programs they make a difference -- to anticipate and prevent possible terrorist activity. and the fact that they're under very strict supervision by all three branches of government and that they do not involve listening to people's phone calls, do not involve reading the e-mails of u.s. citizens or u.s. residents, absent further action by a federal court that is entirely consistent with what we would do, for example, in a criminal investigation. i think on balance we, you know, we have established a ...

Quote/unquote secret program that means it's somehow suspicious. but the fact of the matter is in our modern history there are a whole range of programs that have been classified because when it comes to, for example, fighting terror, our goal is to stop folks from doing us harm. and if every step that we're taking to try to prevent a terrorist act is on the front page of the newspapers or on television, then presumably the people who are trying to do us harm are going to be able to get around our preventive measures. that's why these things are classified. but, that's why we also set up congr...

In the greatest country on earth we've got to make sure that every single person that needs health care can get it. and we've got to make sure that we do it in the most efficient way possible. one last point i'm going to make on this because there are a lot of people who currently get health insurance through their employers, the 85% who are already out there, and they may be saying, well, if this law's so great, why is it that my premium still went up? well, part of what's happening across the country is in some cases for example employers may be shifting more costs through higher premiums or...

Array of private health insurance plans side-by-side just like you were going online to compare cars or airline tickets. and that means insurance companies will actually have to compete with each other for your business. and that means new choices. see, right now most states don't have a lot of competition. in nearly every state more than half of all consumers are covered by only two insurers. so there's no incentive to provide you a lot of choices or to keep costs down. the affordable care act changes that. beginning next year once these marketplaces are open, most states will offer new priva...