Background Briefing by Senior Administration Official
01/09/2011
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
There's cause for optimism because America is resilient and it's tough and it's full of good people.
I have seen the American people respond and seen the resilience and the basic decency and goodness of this country in all kinds of ways.
He's earned the opportunity to make these decisions based on his own thinking and based on his own schedule.
These are priorities that both candidates have dedicated their career to fighting for.