Well, the good news is that we have one more critical element in our recovery. But we've still got a long way to go. And we've got a lot of work to do.

There's got to be a little gallows humor to get you through the day.

There are a whole bunch of folks out there who are not about to walk away from their home but who are getting killed right now because their home values have dropped drastically.

No. And he shouldn't. And if he were to come to me I would say, 'Sorry, buddy, you still got the job.'

We have put in place a comprehensive strategy designed to attack this crisis on all fronts. It's a strategy to create jobs, to help responsible homeowners, to restart lending and to grow our economy over the long-term. And we're beginning…

It is time to demand excellence from our schools so that we can finally prepare our workforce for a 21st century economy.

We know the countries that out-educate us today will outcompete us tomorrow.

The NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of transatlantic security for the past 60 years.

Those are the concerns I heard about in California.

I say that making investments now that will dramatically lower health care costs for everyone won't add to our budget deficit in the long term; it is one of the best ways to reduce it.

I didn't come here to pass on our problems to the next President or the next generation; I came here to solve them.