Barack Obama

Our interests in having a strong, peaceful, prosperous Asia Pacific region is something that we share.

My administration has worked to raise awareness about bullying, and I know I just had a chance to see Lee Hirsch, the director of 'Bully,' who's here, and we thank him for his work on this issue.

My top priority as President is making sure we do everything we can to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth: a rising, thriving middle class.

But the truth is, our country needs you and our democracy needs you.

I'm confident we can agree on what those goals should be: a strong and vibrant middle class.

May the force be with you.

I still believe that compromise is possible.

I don't know what happened to Chuck in those hearings.

Well, you're about to find out how wrong you are.

What's the worst that could happen?

I'll keep fighting to solve the real challenges facing middle class families.

Joe, you are way too young to be the Pope.

The unemployment rate fell from 7.9 percent in January to 7.7 percent in February, the lowest since December 2008.

The diversity of faith communities represented around the table was indicative of the growing consensus across America

Any bill must include a pathway to earned citizenship

Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Lisa Perez Jackson, resigned.

And we will continue to focus on empowering women and girls at home and abroad.

We can swiftly pass and send a commonsense immigration reform bill to my desk

Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Energy, vice Steven Chu.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Arms Export Control Act, as amended.

We are promoting food security initiatives that recognize the rights and needs of women farmers.

Rebuilding our export control lists and moving less sensitive items from the State to the Commerce list will provide us the flexibility to more efficiently equip and maintain our partner's capabilities.

The cornerstone of the President's Export Control Reform Initiative is the rebuilding of the two primary export controls lists.

Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2017. (Reappointment)

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Jacob J. Lew, resigned.