We do need to make sure that we have an orderly, lawful immigration process.

We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than rising to the challenges of the age.

Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit of a start, where you say, "Goodness ... "

Moammar Gadhafi had more American blood on his hands than any individual other than Osama bin Laden.

You have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting.

Tonight, with a new Iraqi government in place, and following consultations with allies abroad and Congress at home, I can announce that America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat.

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.