Whatever decisions I make are going to be based first on a strategy to keep us safe and then we'll figure out how to resource it.

And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should also encourage the ability to think creatively that comes from a meaningful arts education.

The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.

As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office.

People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.

Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don`t share.