What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons.

A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.

If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy... Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's... Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.

There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.

We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward.

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

What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.