America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided."Truth: Obama later said, "This was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech and we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given. The point we were simply making was, is that we don't want barbed wire running through Jerusalem.

We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We could replace up to 17 percent of the oil we import for transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States.

I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.

As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.