After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.

One thing you learn in this job [being US President] is that even if something's not your fault, you're still responsible. And that's how it should be.

After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.

I do love the Waldorf-Astoria, though. You know, I hear that from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian tea room.

The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking.

I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed, millions who have been displaced, [makes me] ask myself what might I have done differently along the course of the last five, six years.

Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act.