About the date of this press conference. My wife betty had scheduled her First Press Conference for the same day. And obviously, i had scheduled my First Press Conference for this occasion. So, bettys was postponed. We worked this out between us in a calm and orderly way. [laughter] she will postpone her press conference until next week. And until then, i will be making my own breakfast, my own lunch, and my own dinner. [laughter] helen . Mr. President , aside from the special prosecutors role, do you agree with the Bar Association that the law applies equally to all men, or do you agree with governor rockefeller that former president nixon should have immunity from prosecution . And specifically, would you use your pardon authority, if necessary . Well, let me say at the outset that i made a statement in this room a few moments after the swearing in. And on that occasion i said the following. That i had hoped that our former president , who brought peace to millions, would find it for
My wife betty had scheduled her First Press Conference for the same day. And obviously, i had scheduled my First Press Conference for this occasion. So, bettys was postponed. We worked this out between us in a calm and orderly way. She will postpone her press conference until next week. And until then, i will be making my own breakfast, my own lunch, and my own dinner. [laughter] mr. President , aside from the special prosecutors role, do you agree with the Bar Association that the law applies equally to all men, or do you agree with governor rockefeller that former president nixon should have immunity from prosecution . And specifically, would you use your pardon authority, if necessary . Well, let me say at the outset that i made a statement in this room a few moments after the swearing in. And on that occasion i said the following. That i had hoped that our former president , who brought peace to millions, would find it for himself. Now, the expression made by governor rockefeller,
[applause] there will be hot pursuit of tough laws to prevent illegal invasion of privacy in both government and private activities. On the higher plane of public morality, there is no need for me to preach tonight. We have thousands of far better preachers and millions of sacred scriptures to guide us on the path of personal rightliving and exemplary official conduct. If we can make effective and earlier use of moral and ethical wisdom of the centuries in todays complex society, we will prevent more crime and more corruption than all the policemen and prosecutors governments can ever deter. This is a [applause] if i might say so, this is a job that must begin at home, not in washington. [applause] i once told you that i am not a saint, and i hope never to see the day that i cannot admit having made a mistake. So i will close with another confession. Frequently, along the tortuous road of recent months from this chamber to the president s house, i protested that i was my own man. Now i
That. Not distracted. Thats what i need to hear more than anything else. When i go out to talk to the airmen, i dont say how do we weapon or a better airplane. I get questions about Retirement Plan and sequestration. Its all of the details of money. I dont want them to worry about that. Well do all we can to take care of them in that regard. The nation is not going to let in those ways. Well come to agreements that make sense over time. On theed to keep focused job. Because theyre incredibly good at that. Yeah, the thank you all and happy holidays. Chief says. The theres been a lot of variables paying out over the course of the year. A number are still left to play out that are bigger than that. Pledge to the airmen that i see around the air forces, we decisions that we can as quickly as we can, as we can to gety as the air force back to new normal in and out of uniform could focus on the osition to get past the decisions we shouldnt have to deal with that have been voiced of the budge
Ill make the closing comment on this issue, which seems to me the fed has sort of been between silla, we tried very hard to create a fed that would not be subject to political control and manipulation, and countries like argentina, you see what happens when Central Banks are subject to political manipulation, but we tried to offset that with much more private sector influence and private sector influence, but the problem is, you fall into the other trap then of being subject to too much industry influence, and i think thats been a continuing struggle with the fed, how do you actually remain balanced on the high tension wire, right, between the two threats, and i think the other thing about the new york fed in 2008, steven friedman, who was the former chairman and still a director of goldman, was on that board, remained on that board even after goldman became a Bank Holding Company, which technically wasnt allowed, and in addition brought significant amounts of stock after goldman becam