Barack Obama

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Dallas P. Tonsager, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

We measure economic recovery in a different way.

We are grateful to all those who wear the uniform of our Armed Forces and serve and sacrifice on behalf of our great Nation.

Even in the darkest periods, the light of those ideals were never extinguished.

I want to thank the national finance committee, the mid-Atlantic finance committee, everybody in this room who has been there every step of the way for the last couple of years.

NATO's door will stay open for new members if they perform--if they fulfill the criteria.

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

At a time when our nation faces many challenges, it gives me confidence that these fine individuals have agreed to give their talents to serving the American people.

I'm not going to turn my back on the American people who sent me here.

I'm not going to wait until we find out that our children can't compete for the jobs of the future.

These leaders found allies in ancient texts.

We owe these heroes a debt of gratitude that our Nation can never fully repay.

We reaffirm a bond between our two nations born through struggle but also through shared ideals.

Medal of Honor recipients are the foremost example of greatness in service and sacrifice.

That's how we measure success.

Flood waters crested at 34 feet in Fargo and exceeded record levels in some areas.

Each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries, and threaten our planet.

I'm told that you're cruising at about 17,000 miles per hour. So we're glad that you are using the hands-free phone.

We need to do more to make sure that illegal guns and cash aren't flowing back to these cartels.

I think it's a real fashion statement.

You guys still drink Tang up there? That's, by the way, before the time of you young people.

President Calderon has been very courageous in taking on these drug cartels.

When it comes to Iran, we did a video sending a message to the Iranian people and the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran. And some people said, 'Well, they did not immediately say that 'We're eliminating nuclear weapons and stop…

At the end of the day, the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is not with a budget that continues the very same policies that have led us to a narrow prosperity and massive debt. It's with a budget that leads to broad…

I think, when it comes to the banking system, you know, it was just a few days ago or weeks ago where people were certain that Secretary Geithner couldn't deliver a plan. Today, the headlines all look like, 'Well, all right, there's a…