The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

When you're in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes.

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.

I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.