I can guarantee that not because I give Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch a directive. That is institutionally how we have always operated. I do not talk to the attorney general about pending investigations [On Hillary Clinton].

Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Rather, my perceptions about how we solve problems in health care or education span across a whole range of areas. And I want to try to capture that complexity.

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street.

One of the interesting things about being in public life is there are constantly these pressures being placed on you from different sides. To be effective, you have to be able to listen to a variety of points of view, synthesize viewpoints.

Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.