Barack Obama

Of course the economy isn't where it needs to be. Of course we have a lot more work to do. Everybody knows that. The debate in this election is about how we grow faster. And how we create more jobs. And how we pay down our debt. That's the…

We still have to put more people back to work.

It's hard not to get cynical when times are tough.

This election is going to be close.

I believe that you can't bring down the debt without a strong and growing economy.

Africa does not need strong men, it needs strong institutions.

This election is about our economic future.

We owe it to our seniors to expose elder abuse wherever we find it and take action to bring it to an end.

The security of the State of Israel is non-negotiable, and the bonds between us are unbreakable.

It turns out that with the father being involved, the kids are less likely to do drugs, they're less likely to--girls are less likely to have teen pregnancy.

Our job is just to make sure that we get that message out, that the facts are presented fairly, that we push back against misinformation.

I am very proud of the record and what we've done in this administration during as challenging a time as we've experienced in this country's history.

Make sure that wherever you have the opportunity, you're mentoring and serving as a good role model to the next generation coming up behind you.

We have come too far to abandon the change that we fought for these past 4 years.

These are two starkly different approaches.

The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me. So I make that point -- I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.

The private sector's doing just fine.

And, frankly, if Congress had said yes to helping states put teachers back to work, and put the economy before our politics, then tens of thousands of more teachers in New York would have a job right now.

I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.

The private sector is doing fine.

We've steadily ramped up pressure on Iran through a non-precedented set of sanctions.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a tool that will remain on the table as part of this process.

Jon S. Tigar, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Saundra Brown Armstrong, retired.

What I'm saying is we consistently -- whenever there is classified information that is put out into the public, we try to find out where that came from.

It's astonishing to him that Congress won't do something to help government add more teachers' jobs, add more police officers, add more firefighters.