You can be sure that that will be a major focus of our discussion.

He has served the people of Maine with tremendous distinction.

I intend to appoint Kathryn Walt Hall to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

I intend to appoint Harry P. Pachon as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

It is clear, and I'm certain.

there is never an excuse for an act of violence against someone exercising a constitutional right.

I am honored to be here with all of you, humbled and encouraged by your passionate commitment to education.

Our goal was to be first in the world.

I might have gotten into a different line of work.

acts of violence against people who are trying to exercise their constitutional rights are acts of terror.

I told everyone at all the balls yesterday that I felt better at the second Inauguration than the first because the country was better.

We're in a period of change.

Government is not the problem.

We've got to get up today and do the work of the country.

The journey of our America must go on.

This is a unique moment.

I believe we're at a unique moment in history.

Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and Government is not the solution.