I would not attempt to define in the abstract the limit of a President's constitutional powers.
which prohibited cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
If the President desires only a rubber stamp, the Office of Legal Counsel will have to struggle mightily to provide an effective check on un...
I reject those theories. And so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change.
We don't disparage wealth. We don't begrudge anybody for achieving success. And we certainly believe that success should be rewarded. But wh...
A failure to act and act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. And guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncer...
We all need to take responsibility. And this includes executives at major financial firms who turned to the American people hat in hand when...
if they don't act now to pass a stimulus plan the result will be catastrophe.
A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe and guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more unce...
the president believes he will have the votes he needs to pass the Senate stimulus bill by the end of this week.
We're going to close down Guantanamo but we're going to take up to a year to figure out how to do this safely and protect ourselves from ter...
This is a place where, in terms of the homeless, your administration could have a huge, huge effect.
I really do believe he has the experience and the capability of giving an entirely new direction to the agency.
I believe that the veterans base of personnel could be a fabulous place, of course, to make breakthroughs relative to medical research.
I must say that, in your testimony and in the chairman's comments of concern about the homeless, there is demonstration there of an area whe...
I think that the American people understand something has to be done. They want to make sure that we're serious about it and that we're not ...
We have to remain vigilant. The threats are still out there.
The only measure of my success as president when people look back five years from now or nine years from now is going to be, did I get this ...
