Today is an important day for our ongoing effort in Afghanistan.

We commend President Karzai and the Afghan government for their determination to end the conflict.

The bill would reduce access to food assistance for struggling families and their children.

I had a very useful conversation with President Putin.

If you're a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls; and the NSA cannot target your e-mails.

The United States of America and the Russian Federation reaffirm their readiness to intensify bilateral cooperation based on the principles of mutual respect, equality, and genuine respect for each other's interests.

I will preserve every option available to me and continually make assessments about what's in the interests of the United States.

Decisive action is needed to nurture a sustainable recovery and restore the resilience of the global economy.

I think we're poised to increase both trade and investment between our two countries.

The fate of peace is up to each of us.

I'm not sure you can characterize this as a new policy.

John Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Denmark.

I've stood up a privacy and civil liberties oversight board made up of independent citizens, including some fierce civil libertarians.

My objective, understand, is Assad leaving because he de-legitimized himself by what he did to his people.

We have also decided to expand the dialogue between the U.S. Vice President and the Russian Prime Minister to address our joint agenda.

Structural reforms are key to improving sustainable growth and long-term living standards.

the people of Northern Ireland and their leaders have traveled a great distance since the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

We affirm the importance of cooperation between the United States of America and the Russian Federation for the purpose of enhancing bilateral understanding in this area.