Barack Obama

We are committed to strengthen cooperation in enhancing economic competitiveness.

We have to recognize that every nation also has the right to secure its borders and make orderly decisions about who comes in and who comes out.

We share responsibility for the conditions that give rise to these criminal organizations and that allow them to endure.

In the 21st century, we are defined not by our borders, but by our bonds.

Together, we are more secure and both of our nations are better off.

Together, we should increase our exporting capacity in a contest of growing competitiveness among different regions of the world.

We recall the words of the great Octavio Paz, who said, 'Between tradition and modernity, there is a bridge.'

The international community’s continuing and fundamental concerns about Iran’s overall nuclear program are evident.

Law enforcement coordination between the Participants is essential to preventing crime and to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations.

The United States and the international community await a formal and authoritative message from Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

We must work to reduce drug use and minimize the consequences of such use.

We agreed to continue working aggressively on our highest economic priority, which is creating jobs for our people.

Indeed, America is enriched by el sabor de Mexico.

Tonight we celebrate the bonds we share as neighbors and as friends.

You and the Mexican people have a full and committed partner in the United States.

I believe the American people will see what I see: They'll see a leader who is guiding his country through very difficult times with vision and with courage.

Ensuring a legal, orderly system for managing migration between our countries is paramount.

We stand with the international community in our support for the Government of Haiti and the Haitian people.

The framework will invest more than $800 million to put facilities back into productive use.

The bonds between our nations have been strong and vibrant since that day.

The scope of our country's drug problem is disturbingly clear; drug overdoses are fast approaching car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death.

On this Haitian Flag Day, the people of Haiti should remember that they have a friend and partner in America.

Helen Patricia Reed-Rowe, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Palau.

I send my congratulations to all those who celebrate Haitian Flag Day here in America, in Haiti, and around the world.

It will represent the largest environmental and economic development effort for former manufacturing sites in our nation's history.