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

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

Those are the concerns I heard about in California.

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.

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

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

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

And the measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create.

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.

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.

We know that you are a great civilization, and your accomplishments have earned the respect of the United States and the world.

I'm committed to being that kind of partner.

Today I want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz around the world.

Let us remember the words that were written by the poet Saadi so many years ago: 'The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.'

It's a future where the old divisions are overcome, where you and all of your neighbors and the wider world can live in greater security and greater peace.

We must not allow Recovery Act funds to be distributed on the basis of factors other than the merits of proposed projects.