The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

As we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit ISIL harder than ever.

On Easter I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian I am supposed to love, and I have to say that sometimes, when I've listened to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned.

What I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice.

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?

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