I enthusiastically welcome the decision made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to fully reintegrate France into the NATO alliance.

There is no longer a doubt that the jobs and industries of tomorrow will involve harnessing renewable sources of energy.

I believe we can and we will.

The NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of transatlantic security for the past 60 years.

Those are the concerns I heard about in California.

France is a founding member of NATO and has been a strong contributor to NATO missions throughout the alliance's history.

It is time to demand excellence from our schools so that we can finally prepare our workforce for a 21st century economy.

I didn't come here to pass on our problems to the next President or the next generation; I came here to solve them.

I say that making investments now that will dramatically lower health care costs for everyone won't add to our budget deficit in the long term; it is one of the best ways to reduce it.

We know the countries that out-educate us today will outcompete us tomorrow.

We have serious differences that have grown over time. My administration is now committed to diplomacy that addresses the full range of issues before us and to pursue constructive ties among the United States, Iran and the international…

Pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct the foreign relations of the United States, I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 12 months the removal of any Liberian national.

What's happening is a lot of these banks are keeping it in the bank because their balance sheets have gotten so bad that they decided, you know what, for us to stay solvent we need to maintain certain capital ratios, we have got to have a…

My Administration is committed to ensuring that public funds are expended responsibly and in a transparent manner.

That's why our budget makes a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform.

I don't see why they would throw the game, except for all those Secret Service guys with guns around them.

Executive departments and agencies shall develop transparent, merit-based selection criteria that will guide their available discretion...

The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations.