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

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

I wanna thank the German people for the incredible partnership that our countries have been able to establish all these years.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it.

These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.