Jimmy Carter: “The controls are essential to achieve U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives.”

An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.

Base on what I just said, which I can't retract.

I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitment by the world community including the controversial nations of Syria and Iran.

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.