Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China.

If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.

I commended Angela [Merkel] for her leadership along with President Hollande in working to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We continued to stand with the people of Ukraine and for the basic principle that nations have a right to determine their own destiny and we discussed the importance of maintaining sanctions until Russia fully complies with the Minsk Agreement.

This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.

I think I did in the sense that there's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible. And that generation, it's coming.