The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

The point is ISIL leaders cannot hide. And our next message to them is simple - you are next.

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.

Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in the separation of church and state.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.