Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.

I am so grateful to America and all it has given to me.

I will fight every single day to pass comprehensive immigration-reform legislation with a path to citizenship.

It should never be a crime to be gay.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

We must urgently begin to rebuild the bonds of trust and respect among Americans. Restoring trust in our politics, our press, our markets.

Part of the problem that we have currently in the Middle East is that[Bashar] Assad has hung on to power with the very strong support of Russia and Iran and with the proxy of Hezbollah being there basically fighting his battles.