Barack Obama

I was also proud to sign the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the most important investment in small businesses in more than a decade.

I am confident that they will greatly serve the American people in their new roles and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.

On America Recycles Day, let us respond to our collective responsibility as a people and a Nation to be better stewards of our global environment.

I call upon all Americans to commemorate this week with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 19, 2010, as National Entrepreneurs' Day.

Eid Mubarak and Hajj Mabroor.

On Eid, Muslims around the world will commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son and distribute food to those less fortunate, a reminder of the shared values and the common roots of three of the world's major religions.

TPP is now the most advanced pathway to Asia-Pacific regional economic integration.

I appreciate all the good work that President Medvedev and his team are doing.

We should feel confident about our ability to compete, but we are going to have to step up our game.

I believe it is a mistake for us to borrow $700 billion to make tax cuts permanent for millionaires and billionaires.

APEC will make an important and meaningful contribution as an incubator of an FTAAP by providing leadership and intellectual input.

I'm glad to have him as an excellent partner on a whole range of these issues.

I am very confident that the American people were not issuing a mandate for gridlock.

An FTAAP should do more than achieve liberalization in its narrow sense; it should be comprehensive, high quality and incorporate and address 'next generation' trade and investment issues.

It was voted out of committee with strong bipartisan support.

Now is the time for APEC to translate FTAAP from an aspirational to a more concrete vision.

Trade and investment liberalization and facilitation will continue to be APEC's core objective.

I think we've built up an excellent relationship over the past 2 years, working on a whole range of issues.

APEC should contribute to the pursuit of an FTAAP by continuing and further developing its work on sectoral initiatives.

I think all of Asia is eager for American engagement and leadership.

I reiterated my commitment to get the START Treaty done during the lame duck session, and I've communicated to Congress that it is a top priority.

I think it's promising.

It is imperative for North Korea to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a good example of the kind of collaboration between our two countries that, I think, can expand opportunity for all peoples.

The people of the United States support all Tanzanians in your efforts to institutionalize democratic, transparent governance.