What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it make sure that it is not destabilizing neighboring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. The key is we’ve got to have a clear objective...

We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions or mediating these conflicts, our politics fans them, exploits them,and drives us further apart.

One of the proudest things of my three years in office is helping to restore a sense of respect for America around the world.

American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

Good afternoon, everybody-ugh, Jesus, gimme a sec.

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.