continue to talk about this case that is 12 years old rather than the amazing economy we have right now. so i submitted my resignation to the president effective seven days from today, effective one week from today, earlier this morning. >> (inaudible). >> there is no need at all as far as i'm concerned. i watched alex yesterday. i thought alex did a great job. you know, you can always second-guess people and say it should have been tougher. they do it with me all the time. i would make a great deal with anybody. then they say, like the democrats, oh, it could have been better. i got $1.2 billion settlement, fine, from a company, from zte. and the next day -- and everybody couldn't believe it. the next day the democrats said, oh, he should have got more. you can always second-guess. that's what people do. i just want to tell you this is