Barack Obama

It is by working together that we can best promote the resilience of the Nation and act to protect the American people.

I have approved a new Executive order that imposes new sanctions against the Iranian energy and petrochemical sectors.

They have, slowing the Iranian nuclear program and virtually grinding the Iranian economy to a halt in 2011.

Today the United States is announcing two significant steps that strengthen our efforts to pressure and isolate the Iranian Government for its continued failure to meet its international obligations.

Even as we intensify our pressure on the Iranian government, we hold open the door to diplomacy.

By cutting off these financial institutions from the United States, today's action makes it clear that we will expose any financial institution, no matter where they are located, that allows the increasingly desperate Iranian regime to…

I expressed my concerns about Syria.

I reiterated my support for decisive action to resolve the crisis.

Early threat detection and sustained situational awareness are critical to saving lives and improving outcomes when there is a national health emergency.

H.R. 8 would hurt the economy both by increasing the long-term deficit and also by taking money out of the pockets of the families most likely to spend it in the near term.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the National security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian National security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the National security objectives that we've set. We've got have a civilian National security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

I think it would be close, but I think we'd win.

There are millions of people who are still out of work, in particular, in States like California or Arizona or Florida.

I'm so glad that you guys are all with me because I couldn't do it without you.

We've doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and doubled the production of clean energy.

I issued an Executive Order that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995.

Democracy has always been pretty rough and pretty messy.

The order takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957.

The actions and policies of the Government of Iran threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

I issued Executive Orders 13606 and 13608 each take additional steps with respect to the various emergencies.

The judicial vacancy rate has never been this high for this long.

We need to promote a democratic transition in Syria.

You'll hear him talk tonight about his commitment to fighting for the middle class.

We have made progress: 4.5 million new jobs, half a million in manufacturing, the strongest since 1990.