There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about.

I actually believe that some residue of discrimination would lessen, because it's my view that there is a certain percentage of the white population that stereotypes and makes assumptions about African Americans because they don't inject the history of slavery and Jim Crow into current incarceration rates, or crime rates, or poverty rates, or what have you.

I look forward to hosting Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong], whose friendship and partnership I appreciate very much and with whom I've worked throughout my administration. This will also be an opportunity for me to reciprocate the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of Singapore showed to me during my visit to Singapore for the APEC summit in 2009.

Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.