I'm not insensitive to the jobs. I'm desperately concerned about those jobs. But you don't fix them by pandering to people and telling them you're going to shut the door. You have to grow jobs.

The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy.

We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play a role.

Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to protect American interests, to live our values and assert our values, and to stand up for future generations.