Iran is obviously part of the problem. They sponsor Hezbollah. They encourage a radical brand of Islam.

I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.

I believe that God wants me to be president.

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

Civil society people - these are the people - civil society groups are the people who need to monitor the aid to ensure that the aid is directed to what it is supposed to. And in order for them to do so, they need to have the space, they need to have the freedom, and they need to have the right to demonstrate, and to petition their government. They can't do that in Ethiopia; they can't do that in Eritrea; and so this is why I was cautioning that we may be repeating some of our old mistakes.