Barack Obama: “The United States is gravely concerned by the situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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.