The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

When I was a kid, I inhaled. Frequently. That was the point.

In Iraq and Syria, American leadership - including our military power - is stopping ISIL's advance, instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group.

In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

Angela Merkel has been an extraordinary partner for me and for the United States throughout my presidency.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth – no illness or accident should lead to any family’s financial ruin.

One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and we've neglected, for example, developing our own economy, our own energy sectors, our own education system. And it's very hard for us to project leadership around the world when we're not doing what we need to do.