I never expected to be here, I always knew this journey was improbable.

I run for the Presidency of the United States of America because that's the party America needs us to be right now.

This World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on what this global crisis is costing us.

As President, I will end the war in Iraq.

A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.

And what makes all of this so heartbreaking is that it was - in each and every case - entirely preventable.

It's a time to draw hope from the extraordinary perseverance of those helping combat this disease around the world.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is more interested in scoring points than solving problems.

We cannot give the boy back the parents he lost or the woman back the future she had dreamed of.

What's stopping us is not a lack of knowledge or resources, but a lack of will.

We are in a defining moment in our history.