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

The forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.

The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking.

That applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now [Donald] Trump supporters. They're responding to a fictional character named Barack Obama who they see on Fox News or who they hear about through Rush Limbaugh.

For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.