Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.

That applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now [Donald] Trump supporters. They're responding to a fictional character named Barack Obama who they see on Fox News or who they hear about through Rush Limbaugh.

What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.

To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead

What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined.

We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.