Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their nuclear program, and as part of the package of sanctions that was slapped on them, the issue of arms and ballistic missiles were included.

We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.

I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality.

Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.