Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity...[For] we are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.

Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder. And it leaves everyone else rightly suspicious that the system in Washington is rigged against them - that our elected representatives aren't looking out for the interests of most Americans.

My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

When it comes to immigration, I think Americans expect that our immigration process is orderly and it is legal.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country

We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.