Barack Obama

The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, which Senator Brownback and I introduced last May would allow state and local government pension funds to divest from companies that do more than $20 million in business with the Iranian energy sector.

Our goal is to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons capability.

We see these two tracks as complementary rather than contradictory.

There are basic principles that are universal. There are certain truths that are self-evident. And the United States will never waver in our efforts to stand up for the right of people everywhere to determine their own destiny.

The burden of meeting these responsibilities lies with the Iranian government, and they are now the ones that need to make that choice.

I believe that the Senate should do its part in providing the Administration all the tools it needs to put pressure on the Iranian regime.

Our goal is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

If Iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the United States will not continue to negotiate indefinitely, and we are prepared to move toward increased pressure.

Iran must demonstrate through concrete steps that it will live up to its responsibilities with regard to its nuclear program.

We are engaging not because we believe in talking for talking's sake, but because the strategy of refusing to engage failed.

Engagement serves three purposes.

The onus will now be on the Administration to maintain and strengthen this coalition as we move forward.

We must make human rights the cornerstone of our Iran policy.

The Iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech.

By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

We are living through a terrible recession, the worst economy in more than 50 years.

The lower the income, the higher the debt, and that in my judgment is unacceptable.

We have to get this right and we do not have a lot of time to deliberate about this.

Some conservatives in America are celebrating the defeat for America.

United Nations peacekeeping can deliver important results by protecting civilians, helping to rebuild security, and advancing peace around the world.

This is not a country that has had a great track record of revealing things.

But I think we just have to go back to what the president said earlier today, when he said talk is no substitute for action.

The United States needs to play a leadership role in lifting our global regulatory standards to ensure there is a global race to the top.

He believes making a public option available on the insurance exchange is a good way to achieve those goals. He has said he's open to other constructive ideas of increasing choice and competition.

The State Department says the diplomat discussed the possibility of restoring direct mail service between Cuba and the U.S.