Barack Obama

We should be making it easier, not harder, for businesses to invest and create jobs here in the United States.

The United States condemns the horrific terrorist attack in Urumqi, China today.

I hereby direct as follows: Section 1. National Goal for Improving the Entry Process for International Arrivals.

We are on track to meet our target of attracting and welcoming 100 million visitors by 2021.

Airports, airlines, and local governments figure heavily into the arrival's experience—and they have an essential role to play.

In the years to come, not every collection of thugs that labels themselves Al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States.

I authorized the declassification of this action, and the deaths of three other Americans in drone strikes, to facilitate transparency and debate on this issue.

The establishment of a special court to evaluate and authorize lethal action has the benefit of bringing a third branch of government into the process, but raises serious constitutional issues about Presidential and judicial authority.

America does not take strikes to punish individuals; we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the American people, and when there are no other governments capable of effectively addressing the threat.

I will not sign laws designed to expand this mandate further.

Unless we discipline our thinking, our definitions, our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don't need to fight.

The Afghan war is coming to an end. Core al-Qaeda is a shell of its former self.

[T]he choices we make about war can impact--in sometimes unintended ways--the openness and freedom on which our way of life depends.

Congress should explore ways to narrow the AUMF rather than 'to expand the AUMF's mandate further'

Congress should aim to 'ultimately repeal, the mandate' of the AUMF

The armed conflict that began against al-Qaeda and its co-belligerents nearly 13 years ago, 'like all wars, must end'

Move [America] off a permanent war footing

Not every collection of thugs that label themselves al-Qaeda will pose a threat to the United States.

Refine, and ultimately repeal the AUMF

So today I want every veteran to know we are going to fix whatever is wrong and so long as I have the privilege of serving as commander-in-chief I'm going to keep on fighting to deliver the care and the benefits and the opportunities that…

First, anybody found to have manipulated or falsified records at VA facilities has to be held accountable.

The spirit of working hard and giving back has endeared this team to its fans.

Whether they're hiking or camping or fishing, visitors to our parks and public lands are not only enjoying the bounty of our natural resources, but also promoting jobs and growth.

And that's what team is all about.

We are going to fix whatever is wrong.