Barack Obama

I am confident he will serve on the federal bench with distinction.

The national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq that was declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2014.

This needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Are you better off now than you were when I came into office? The answer is pretty clear; the answer is yes.

I am proud to nominate Justice Crawford to serve on the United States District Court bench.

We've got to make sure that we've got the resources to do it.

At a time when we were losing 800,000 jobs a month, we've now created over 9 million new jobs.

It is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act.

Today, let us reaffirm our support for their essential mission.

The $50 million will support the UN High Commission for Refugees and its partners as they urgently expand assistance.

All these steps will make it easier for businesses to invest in America and create more good jobs.

I look forward to further expanding the strong relationship between the United States and India with Prime Minister-Elect Narendra Modi.

I'll keep doing what I can on my own.

We know that investing in first-class infrastructure attracts first-class jobs.

Today, they're helping a Belgian company create jobs in Oklahoma.

Believe it or not, tourism is an export.

Instead of putting people to work on projects that would grow the economy for everyone, they voted to give a huge tax cut to households making more than a million dollars a year.

We can make it easier for businesses to invest in America, or we can make it harder.

If Congress doesn't act by the end of this summer, Federal funding for transportation projects will run out.

I encourage all Americans to observe this week with events, trade shows, and educational programs that celebrate and inform Americans about the benefits of trade to our Nation and the global economy.

Tomorrow marks 60 years since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.

And when people who—when you ask Americans from all walks of life all across the country what's their number-one priority, it's improving the economy and putting people back to work.

My Administration is also helping American companies strengthen their global competitiveness by investing in cutting-edge manufacturing techniques.

We will never forget the men, women, and children who took extraordinary risks in order to make our country more fair and more free.

As we commemorate this historic anniversary, we recommit ourselves to the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms.