Certainly I've appreciated Angela Merkel as a partner.

Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed.

Don't just consume things, create things

We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous.

As we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.

The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean we're all kind of mixed up.