Key questions and answers from first news conference

Here is a summary of answers to some questions Barack Obama was asked in his first news conference as president-elect on Friday.

On Obama's planned visit to the White House Monday:

"We are gratified by the invitation. I'm sure that in addition to taking a tour of the White House, there is going to be a substantive conversation with myself and the president. I'm not going to anticipate problems. I'm going there with a spirit of bipartisanship."

On filling his cabinet:

"When we have an announcement about cabinet appointments, we will make it. There is no doubt the American people want to know who is going to make up our team. ... I think it is very important in all these key positions, to get it right and not to be so rushed that we end up making mistakes. I'm confident that we are going to have an outstanding team and we will be rolling it out in subsequent weeks."

On a Chicago reporter's account of how she tripped and hurt her arm trying to get to his historic speech Tuesday:

"I think that was the only major incident during the entire Grant Park celebration."

On the new puppy promised to his daughters:

"This is a major issue. (laughter) I think it's generated more interest on our Web site than just about anything. We have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic. There are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic. On the other hand, our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but obviously a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me. So whether we are going to be able to balance those two things I think is going to be a pressing issue on the Obama household."

On where his two daughters will attend school in Washington, D.C.:

"Michelle will be scouting out some schools. We will make a decision about that in the future."

On the state of the nation's intelligence system now that he's been briefed as president-elect:

"I would make just a general statement: Our intelligence process can always improve. I think it has gotten better. Beyond that I don't think I should comment."

On whether his intelligence briefings have caused him to re-evaluate any policy positions:

"I'm going to skip that."