We share an interest in reducing the violence; securing chemical weapons and ensuring that they're neither used nor are they subject to proliferation.

John B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.

If you're a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls; and the NSA cannot target your e-mails.

The distinction I make is between extremists and those who recognize in a 21st century world that the way the Middle East is going to succeed is when you have governments that meet the aspirations of their people, that are tolerant, that…

We have decided to use the longstanding Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) links established in 1987.

I think we're poised to increase both trade and investment between our two countries.

Trade is critical, but it is not alone a silver bullet; it has to be part of a comprehensive strategy that we pursue on both sides of the Atlantic.

We intend to continue to contribute to international endeavors to counter terrorism within the framework of the United Nations.

I believe that the biggest challenge we face right now... is growing inequality, wages and income stagnant or even going down in some cases for middle-class families.

The fate of peace is up to each of us.

There's a possibility that they decide -- the Iranians decide -- to take us up on our offer to engage in a more serious, substantive way.

I'm not sure you can characterize this as a new policy.

The public expects me and the Justice Department and others to protect them from those things.

We have also decided to expand the dialogue between the U.S. Vice President and the Russian Prime Minister to address our joint agenda.

I've stood up a privacy and civil liberties oversight board made up of independent citizens, including some fierce civil libertarians.

This potentially groundbreaking partnership would deepen those ties.

I am convinced that this little island inspires the biggest of things.

Our value-added is at the top of the value chain.