We reiterated our commitment to pursue a comprehensive diplomatic solution.

I am very grateful to President Medvedev for taking the time to visit with me today.

Their commitment and expertise make them valuable additions to my administration, and I look forward to working with them.

The decision of these talented individuals to serve their country is admirable.

Every American has a stake in the well-being of our Nation's children.

Imagine the impact to the Nation's economy if these seven systems could no longer provide, due to the deteriorating conditions of infrastructure, the basic mobility that so many Americans depend on daily.

I am very encouraged by the leadership of the President.

My hope is that given the constructive conversations that we've had today, the joint statements that we will be issuing both on reductions of nuclear arsenals as well as a range of other areas of interest, that what we're seeing today is…

We both pledged to instruct our governments to make efforts to finalize as soon as possible Russia's accession into the World Trade Organization.

We agreed to work on a bilateral basis and at international forums to resolve regional conflicts.

I call upon all courageous cancer patients and survivors, health care providers, researchers, advocates, and others involved in this struggle to work together in support of our Nation's goal to control, and ultimately defeat, this…

the threat of a terrorist acquiring and using a nuclear weapon is the most immediate and extreme threat we face.

I came here to put forward ideas but I also came here to listen and not to lecture. Having said that, we must not miss an opportunity to lead, to confront a crisis that knows no borders.

What we're seeing today is the beginning of new progress in U.S.-Russian relationship. And I think that President Medvedev's leadership is -- has been critical in allowing that progress to take place.

I can't be clearer in saying that there are no sides.

If you look at the sources of this crisis, the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to a regulatory system that was inadequate to the massive changes that have taken place in the global financial system. At this…

I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians, and I'm proud to say I did not nod off in any of those meetings.

Rules must be binding, violations must be punished, words must mean something, the world must stand together to prevent the spread of these weapons.