The uprising that we have seen occur, the peaceful demonstrations for greater political freedoms and democracy and prosperity in the region, I think are in many ways a repudiation of the ideology of al Qaeda
Barack Obama: “The uprising that we have seen occur, the peaceful demonstrations for greater political freedoms and democracy and…”
Editor's note · Context
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney
Share
More from Barack Obama
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.
Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…
The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.





