I know he'll bring to the White House the same dedication and integrity that have earned him the highest praise in every post, from Secretary of the Army to university president.
That is the spirit I want to reclaim in this country.
I promise you this -- as President, I will seek your counsel.
I offer you the same hand of friendship and cooperation that I offer our Democratic governors.
Louis has served his country with distinction in uniform and in government, and his pedigree is second-to-none.
That is the kind of strong partnership I intend to build as President of the United States.
That is what we're seeing today.
To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we need action -- and action now.
We cannot have — we cannot tolerate a world in which innocents are being killed by extremists based on twisted ideologie...
Now is the time for us to regain American leadership in all its dimensions.
We are not Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans.