Barack Obama

The nature of our engagement is changing from what has been a military lead to a civilian lead.

On World AIDS Day, 30 years after the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported, we stand with the individuals and communities affected by HIV and recommit to progress toward an AIDS-free generation.

The United States will continue to cooperate closely with Iraq in international fora in pursuit of shared interests.

Change has always been hard, but it's possible.

The Vice President's visit marks I think an important moment in both the life of the United States and our relationship with Iraq.

Change that we can believe in was never change overnight, but rather, it was going to be a slow, steady progression.

We want an America where hard work is valued and responsibility is rewarded.

It's going to take a few more years to meet all the challenges that were decades in the making.

We commend the Turkish government for its announcement of economic sanctions and other measures against the Syrian regime.

Health care reform that we passed after a century of trying, reform that will finally ensure that in the United States of America, nobody is going to go bankrupt because they get sick.

We are taking action to turn the corner on the HIV/AIDS pandemic by investing in research that promises new and proven methods to prevent infection and better therapies for people living with HIV.

Our two nations are entering a new phase in our relationship.

The security challenges in Iraq now are internal, and it's our assessment that Iraqi security forces are very much capable of dealing with those threats.

The economic relationship between our two countries is deep; it is broad.

It will be a wonderful visit.

We are both concerned about the situation in the euro zone.

We have no stronger ally than the Netherlands.

Overall, though, I'm pleased to say that the relationship between our two countries is extremely strong.

I strongly urge the Iranian Government to hold those who are responsible to task.

Passage of H.R. 527 would seriously undermine the ability of agencies to execute their statutory mandates.

We have a very deep interest here in the United States in making sure that process is resolved so that we can continue to grow our economy and put people back to work here at home.

Those are good issues to discuss.

We stand strongly with our NATO ally, Turkey, in its fight against the PKK.

We have a shared stake in continued progress in Afghanistan.

Our common values, our common belief in the rule of law, in democracy, in freedom, in a free market system, all those things bind us together.