I am factoring in their advice by placing it in this broader strategic framework that's required.

The situation in Iraq is more secure than it was a year and a half ago.

We've got to continue to nurture this wonderful relationship that has existed with former enemies.

It is my firm belief that it is in the interest of both the Israeli people and the Palestinians to arrive at a peaceful settlement.

Engaging in tough diplomacy is not a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength.

I think that there was sufficient evidence that they were developing a site using a nuclear or using a blueprint that was similar to the North Korean model.

What a U.S. president can do is apply sustained energy and focus on the issues of the Israelis and the Palestinians.

My policy hasn't changed, and it's been very consistent.

We must act now to reverse that deteriorating situation.

Maliki stated his hope that U.S. combat forces could be out of Iraq in 2010.

The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next 8 to 10 years.

Iraqis want an aspirational timetable with a clear date for the redeployment of combat troops.

Iraqis want an aspirational time table with a clear date for the redeployment of American combat troops.

We’ve got to have a clear strategic vision that uses all of our power, our economic power, our diplomatic power, our intellectual power as well as our military power to help make this world safer.

We have got to have a clear strategic vision that uses all of our power, our economic power, our diplomatic power, our intellectual power, as well as our military power, to help make this world safer.

I want to execute as president is giving the world a clear message that America intends to continue to show leadership.

But military alone is not going to be enough.

I think there would be enormous symbolic value in us capturing or killing bin Laden.