It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.
Barack ObamaNow suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.
Barack ObamaGenerally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.
Barack ObamaThe United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to perfect our union at home while standing as a beacon of hope to the world. Today, that principle is embodied in agreements Americans helped forge - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and treaties against torture and genocide - and it unites us with people from every country and culture.
Barack ObamaBy 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space. So we'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history. By the mid-2030s I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow and I expect to be around in see it.
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