I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans.

On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been.

We will respond to the threat of climate change

In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.

Cuba is actually one where I am more optimistic because of the unique nature of Cuba - 90 miles off our shore with a massive ex-patriot population, now Cuban-American population that still have deep links to the island. There I am more confident that over time that the winds of commerce and telecommunication and travel start shifting the nature of that regime. But that's a small country which has almost a unique relationship to us.

I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution