Barack Obama

Today, I am ending one journey to begin another.

I think capturing or killing bin Laden is a critical aspect of stamping out al Qaeda.

It’s more important.

I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that.

I think it is a top priority for us to stamp out al Qaeda once and for all.

I think it's a top priority.

These individuals will be essential members of our team as we work to bring Republicans and Democrats together to strengthen our struggling economy and make Washington work for all Americans.

This is the greatest economic challenge of our time.

We must act right now.

I have the utmost confidence that their broad and diverse experience will serve my administration and the American people well in the challenging months.

We cannot afford to delay providing help for the more than one million Americans who will have exhausted their unemployment insurance.

We rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

I want you to keep talking to me about Iraq and Iran.

My experience is grounded in understanding how the world sees America from living overseas and traveling overseas and having family beyond our shores.

He is weighing in quietly. I mean, we do know that he was urging President Bush about the auto industry, that he talked to him about a czar sort of overlooking improvements in how the auto industry does business and what it produces.

Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that is coming with us to the White House.

Senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process.

This weekend's summit is an important opportunity to hear from the leaders of many of the world's largest economies.

The Agency Review Teams will complete a thorough review of key departments, agencies and commissions of the United States government.

The Teams will begin their efforts by the end of the week.

The Iraqis really want a date certain for all American soldiers to pull out.

If it does not get done in the lame duck session, it will be the first thing I get done as president of the United States.

I have made it a high priority for my transition team to work on additional policy options to help the auto industry adjust, whether the financial crisis can succeed in producing fuel efficient cars.

Cutting taxes on people or businesses, generally speaking, leaves them with more money to either spend or expand and hire people.

I don't want to give up anything that I campaigned on. We need to look at the economy. We need to look at health care. We need to look at, obviously, the war in Iraq at this point. And we need to look at energy policy.