I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world.

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.

Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

I've never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I've said is, is that we've got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly, and I don't think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.

The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms. And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment.

I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.