Weapons of war have no place on our streets.

Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that moment, given the information we have. But there are times where I think I wish I could have imagined a different level of insight.

Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.

I look forward to hosting Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong], whose friendship and partnership I appreciate very much and with whom I've worked throughout my administration. This will also be an opportunity for me to reciprocate the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of Singapore showed to me during my visit to Singapore for the APEC summit in 2009.

America remains the one indispensable nation. And the world needs a strong America.

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper, better I will be the first one.