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Americans are sending a consistent message which is, do not break the Internet.

The proposed regulations... would, I fear, do nothing to make the underlying problem better, but instead, I fear, would make it much, much worse.

Subjecting the Internet to heavy-handed regulations... could threaten to do precisely that.

The issue of an open Internet has attracted a lot of attention from a lot of Americans.

Unwise regulation in this area would do nothing, I fear, but stifle much-needed innovation in Internet service.

This is not a threat that a single country or region can take on alone.

If we believe that it would be useful to discuss counter-ISIL efforts with Iran, we may do that on the margins of the P5+1 talks, as we have done in the past.

We believe that, ultimately, there is no solution to Syria without a political settlement.

With our support, after several weeks of complex negotiations, President Masum nominated Haider al-Abadi to serve as Prime Minister.

While Iran has, in common with the emerging international consensus, a strong interest in seeing ISIL defeated, we remain deeply concerned about many aspects of Iran's foreign policy in the region.

I am very encouraged that various tribal figures in Anbar and Hawija... have come forward to offer to mobilize Sunni Arab fighters against the Islamic State.

The President absolutely, clearly, by almost any legal standard that I can imagine is not violating the Constitution.

I do not think the American public, and I do not think Congress, will support the United States policing a region that will not police itself.

I mean, Iraq was on the brink 2 months ago, and many people were talking about, oh, my god, is it going to break up?

We are strongest in the national challenge that we face when we speak with one voice, as Democrats, Republicans, and Independents together as Americans.

The United States, I think it is clear, is going to have to help lead that effort.

Patience and firm insistence on our political conditions are vital.