Barack Obama

I have every confidence that the team that I've put together is going to be able to deliver on that efficiency and productivity.

We've got more to do.

What makes the United States special, and what makes you special, is precisely the fact that we are willing to uphold our values and our ideals even when it's hard.

I'm asking for all of them to identify at least $100 million in additional cuts to their administrative budgets.

You should be proud of what you do.

We have had to take some extraordinary steps in order to shore up our financial system and to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis.

I am going to need you more than ever, precisely because we're seeing changes in our foreign policy, and we want to send a new message to the world.

None of these savings by themselves are going to solve our long-term fiscal problems, but taken together they can make a difference.

I believe that our Nation is stronger and more secure when we deploy the full measure of both our power and the power of our values, including the rule of law.

Cass is not only a valued advisor, he is a dear friend and I am proud to have him on my team.

The CIA is fundamental to America's national security.

I am extraordinarily proud of the talent, the diversity, and the work ethic of this team in an unprecedented situation.

He gets up every day trying to figure out what he can do to help those people, to create jobs.

We have a long history of relations between the United States and Central America.

The issue of immigration is one that is important to the President.

I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to meet with the leaders of Central America.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about how the United States can be an effective partner with all the countries represented.

To give all Americans a voice in their government and ensure that they know exactly how we're spending their money and can hold us accountable for the results.

What guides us is our concern for democracy; you are democracies, as well, and we think that that should be a concern for you.

That's how we will get our deficits under control and move from recovery to prosperity.

I have a lot to learn, and I very much look forward to listening and figuring out how we can work together more effectively.

I am interested in dialogue but not talk for talk's sake.

The projected budget deficit for this year alone was 1.3 trillion.

It's a process we have already begun, scouring our budget line by line for programs that don't work.

We simply cannot afford to perpetuate a system in Washington where politicians and bureaucrats make decisions behind closed doors.