The ultimate goal is to defeat al Qaeda and deny them a safe haven.

We do not seek permanent military bases in Afghanistan.

The order also suspends entry into the United States of the foreign persons determined to meet the above criteria.

I have determined that efforts by foreign persons to engage in activities intended to evade U.S. economic and financial sanctions undermine our efforts.

I hereby find that efforts by foreign persons to engage in activities intended to evade U.S. economic and financial sanctions with respect to Iran and Syria undermine our efforts to address the national emergencies.

We do not seek permanent military bases in Afghanistan.

if another nation cannot or will not take action, we will

I have determined that the commission of serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran and Syria by their governments... threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

The measures in the order are designed primarily to address the need to prevent entities located in whole or in part in Iran and Syria from facilitating or committing serious human rights abuses.

We're both interested in combating terrorism, both internationally and in our respective countries.

Twenty years ago, Kazakhstan made a decision not to have nuclear weapons.

I emphasized to the Prime Minister once again that I believe there is a window of time to resolve this question diplomatically, but that window is closing.

The United States as a Pacific nation will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future.

We should not be held hostage to events on the other side of the world.

We will continue to withdraw U.S. forces at a steady pace.

I will take no options off the table.

The option that he is pursuing...is the right way to go, precisely because the best way to be sure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon is for Iran to forsake its nuclear weapons ambitions.

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by Colonel Muammar Qadhafi.