Barack Obama: “Ambassador Rice and Foreign Minister Yun affirmed their strong commitment to the U.S.-ROK alliance.”

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.