Year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports.

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.

I became a lightning rod for some partisan battles. I could not be prouder of the track record we've put together. By almost every measure, the country is significantly better off than when I came in.

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.

What I could not support was a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.

Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran continues to live up to the terms of the Iran nuclear deal.