I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that has proclaimed that Israel shouldn't exist, that has denied the Holocaust, that has financed Hezbollah, and as a consequence, there are missiles that are pointed towards Tel Aviv. There are very good reasons why Israelis are nervous about Iran's position in the world generally.

I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.

You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.

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.

We are a nation of laws.