The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric is fine, and identifying the problem is fine. But it`s to use a football analogy, he sort of pushes it into the red zone, and then tends to settle for a field goal.

Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.

It would be good for the workers in Vietnam even as it helps make sure that they're not undercutting competition here in the United States.

More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to sustaining the dynamism of our economies with the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the highest-standard trade agreement ever - which will support trade and innovation in both our countries.

The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.

Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

Today, about 40 percent of America's carbon pollution comes from our power plants. There are no federal limits to the amount those plants can pump into the air. None. We limit the amount of toxic chemicals like mercury, and sulfur, and arsenic in our air and water, but power plants can dump as much carbon pollution into our atmosphere as they want. It's not smart, it's not right, it's not safe, and I determined it needs to stop.