— On Chicago violence: "I have been pushing everybody that has impact on criminal justice issues to answer that very question. What is it about Chicago that has created an increase in homicides that we're just not seeing in most other big cities around the country. It appears to be a combination of factors. The nature of gang structures or lack of structure in Chicago, the way that police are allocated, in some cases the need for more police, the easy accessibility of guns, pockets of poverty that are highly segregated. So I don't think that there's one reason. And I don't think there's a silver bullet answer for it. But I do think it is going to be incumbent on all of us to really work on this. I've assigned my Justice Department to work directly with the mayor's office to provide them additional incentives, resources, best practices. As a citizen who has a deep interest in Chicago, my hope is that programs we can invigorate, like My Brother's Keeper, that are reaching out to youth at risk, can make a difference." (NBC)