Barack Obama

The message we heard from Iraqi leaders is that they're ready to do more, and they want to take more responsibility for their country.

It is true that some of the tribal leaders as well as the local governor in Anbar expressed concerns about a potential precipitous drawdown of U.S.

I think that his concern has to do with wanting to retain as much flexibility as possible.

I believe that the situation in Iraq is more secure than it was a year and a half ago. I think that the definition of success depends on how you look at it.

The situation in Iraq is more secure than it was a year and a half ago.

We've got to continue to nurture this wonderful relationship that has existed with former enemies.

My policy hasn't changed, and it's been very consistent.

We must act now to reverse that deteriorating situation.

It is my firm belief that it is in the interest of both the Israeli people and the Palestinians to arrive at a peaceful settlement.

Engaging in tough diplomacy is not a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength.

I think that there was sufficient evidence that they were developing a site using a nuclear or using a blueprint that was similar to the North Korean model.

What a U.S. president can do is apply sustained energy and focus on the issues of the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Maliki stated his hope that U.S. combat forces could be out of Iraq in 2010.

The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next 8 to 10 years.

We have got to have a clear strategic vision that uses all of our power, our economic power, our diplomatic power, our intellectual power, as well as our military power, to help make this world safer.

Iraqis want an aspirational timetable with a clear date for the redeployment of combat troops.

We’ve got to have a clear strategic vision that uses all of our power, our economic power, our diplomatic power, our intellectual power as well as our military power to help make this world safer.

Iraqis want an aspirational time table with a clear date for the redeployment of American combat troops.

I think one of the biggest mistakes we've made strategically after 9/11 was to fail to finish the job here.

I don't think there's any doubt that that should be our policy.

This is where they can plan attacks.

For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three.

I think there would be enormous symbolic value in us capturing or killing bin Laden.

I think it's very important that we unify command more effectively to coordinate our military activities.

But military alone is not going to be enough.