Barack Obama

The Secretary of Defense shall designate an Executive Director to coordinate the work of the Council.

The Council shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Defense or the Co-Chairs of the Council.

We will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States.

We will be relentless in our efforts to put America back to work.

As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.

We will rebuild the American Dream for our middle class.

We have to work with Yemen to fight al Qaeda and stop the next would-be bomber.

Building a robust clean energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future.

I want the United States of America to be what it has always been, and that is a leader--the leader--when it comes to a clean energy future.

This investment will be matched by as much as $5.4 billion in private sector funding likely supporting up to 41,000 additional jobs.

Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide…

We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people, and that is plotting to strike us again. And we will do whatever it takes to…

We are at war. We're at war against al Qaeda. A far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people and that is plotting to strike us again. And we will do whatever it takes to…

I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer for ultimately the buck stops with me.

Here at home we will strengthen our defenses but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans.

We must follow the leads that we get, and we must pursue them until plots are disrupted.

The vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these violent extremists is the one in which we engage on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect.

America's first line of defense is timely, accurate intelligence that is shared, integrated, analyzed, and acted upon quickly and effectively.

We will have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN.

And we are going to do it all on C-SPAN. It is all going to be televised.

Broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN, so that the American people can see what the choices are.

It will be televised on C-SPAN. I can't guarantee you it will be exciting.

I take responsibility, and that he would publicly take responsibility.

It will be televised on C-Span. I can guarantee you it will be exciting.

I take responsibility and that he would publicly take responsibility.