I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and women, too, to some degree, they are automatically given higher quotes, worse deals. And this was just documented extensively across auto dealerships around the country. There was a tax being imposed on black folks. By collecting that data, you can construct policies to combat that.

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.

My hope and expectation is that regardless of what Donald Trump said during the campaign, he's going to have to look carefully at the realities when he moves forward.

The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all.

The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us