I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.

Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

When friends are in trouble, America Helps.

Leaving the broken system the way it is, that`s not a solution.

We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone-wolf actors.

I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the United States and Russia and between how our governments operate versus other governments operate, where those distinctions aren't made.