It is true, I worry about the hype. The only person more over-hyped than me is you.

Will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy.

By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific, because the United States is and always will be a Pacific power.

And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn - the precision of our efforts against al Qaeda in Iraq, the professionalism of the training of Iraqi security forces, and the steady drawdown of our forces. In handing over responsibility to the Iraqis, you preserved the gains of the last four years and made this day possible.

We do need to make sure that we have an orderly, lawful immigration process.

Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy.