The American People Can Be

In The Months Ahead, I Will Leave The Department Of Justice, But I Will Never -- I Will Never -- Leave The Work. I Will Continue To Serve And Try To Find Ways To Make Our Nation Even More True To Its Founding Ideals.

I Think They Clearly Do Not Fit Within The Prescriptions Of The Geneva Convention. It's Hard For Me To See How Members Of Al Qaeda Could Be Considered Prisoners Of War.

Operation Fast And Furious Was Flawed In Concept And Flawed In Execution. The Tactics Used In This Operation Violate Department Of Justice Policy And Should Never Have Been Used.

I Understand The Second Amendment. I Respect The Second Amendment. I Think We Need To Use Common Sense Tools To Keep The American People Safe, To Keep Our Streets Safe.

It Is Possible, I Supposed, To Imagine An Extraordinary Circumstance In Which It Would Be Necessary And Appropriate Under The Constitution And Applicable Laws Of The United States For The President To Authorize The Military To Use Lethal Force Within The Territory Of The United States.