Barack Obama

Safety and environmental reforms that the Administration implemented in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are critical to achieving those objectives.

To put an end to Cold War thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy, and urge others to do the same.

It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool.

We have done DNA sampling and testing. And so there is no doubt that we killed Osama bin Laden.

Democracy, however, neither begins nor ends with elections.

Dana L. Christensen, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana.

You've earned your place among the greatest of generation of Americans.

Now is the time for Nigeria's leaders and its people to come together and build the future that they deserve.

The success of the elections was a testament to Nigerian voters who waited in long lines.

Edward M. Spooner, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida for the term of four years.

Violence has no place in a democratic society, and it is the responsibility of all Nigerians to reject it.

Edgardo Ramos, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

That's the difference a single person can make.

Thank you. We are grateful for you.

They have displayed courage and persistence in the pursuit of justice, and I am honored to nominate them today to continue their selfless work on behalf of the people of Mississippi and Florida as U.S. Marshals.

Today is a reminder that every American, every single person in this country, can do something to support our remarkable troops and their families.

We are going to get this done, and we're very proud of that.

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.

Nigerians have an historic opportunity to move forward together and make their nation into a model for Africa.

Dennis J. Erby, of Mississippi, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years.

John M. Gerrard, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

I called President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to congratulate him on his election victory.

Robert N. Scola, Jr., of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

Katherine B. Forrest, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

An emergency exists in the State of Tennessee.