Barack Obama

We knew that the Taliban would try to derail this election. Yet, even in the face of this brutality, millions of Afghans exercised the right to choose their leaders and determine their own destiny. And, as I watched the election, I was…

I would love to have more Republicans engaged and involved in this process. I think, early on, a decision was made by the Republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory.

We will make sure that no insurance company or government bureaucrat gets between you and the care that you need. And we will do this without adding to our deficit over the next decade.

Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special interest fight back with everything they've got. They use their influence, they ran their ads and their political allies try to scare the heck out of everybody.

Our system really is not a health care system. It's more like a disease care system. All right? We wait until people get sick and then we provide them care.

This isn't about me. This isn't about politics. This is about a health care system that is breaking America's families, breaking America's businesses and breaking America's economy.

Bankrupting families. It is bankrupting businesses. And we are going to fix it when we pass health insurance reform this year. We are going to fix it.

Continuation of U.S. flag commercial air service is necessary in the interest of air commerce, national security, and the foreign policy of the United States.

Fasting is a concept shared by many faiths, including my own Christian faith, as a way to bring people closer to God.

This is not a challenge that we asked for; it came to our shores when Al Qaida launched the 9/11 attacks from Afghanistan.

The support that Muslims provide to others recalls our responsibility to advance opportunity and prosperity for people everywhere.

All of these efforts are aimed at advancing our common aspirations: to live in peace and security, to get an education and to work with dignity.

This election was run by the Afghan people.

The future belongs to those who want to build, not those who want to destroy.

We have listened, and like you, we are focused on pursuing concrete actions that will make a difference over time.

Our only interest was the result fairly, accurately reflecting the will of the Afghan people.

The National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions will provide an opportunity for members of the public to give their input on how we can best address this crucial issue.

Our youngest State, Hawaii faces many of the same challenges other States face throughout our country, and it represents the opportunity we all have to grow and learn from each other.

Ramadan is a time when Muslims reflect upon the wisdom and guidance that comes with faith.

I guarantee it, Joe, we are going to get health-care reform done. And I know that there are a lot of people out there who have been hand wringing, and folks in the press are following every little twist and turn of the legislative process…

We thought it was a mistake. We're now in contact with the Libyan government and want to make sure that if, in fact, this transfer has taken place, that he is not welcomed back in some way, but instead should be under house arrest.

I guarantee it, Joe, we are going to get health care reform done. I know that there are a lot of people out there who have been hand-ringing and folks in the press are following every little twist and turn of the legislative process.

Now, we thought it was a mistake. We're now in contact with the Libyan government and want to make sure that if, in fact, this transfer has taken place that he's not welcomed back in some way but instead should be under house arrest.

I think creating incentives like that for prevention, for wellness, creating cash incentives for people is something that should be part of this.

We don't want a situation in which some child, even if they're an illegal immigrant, shows up in an emergency room with tuberculosis and nobody is giving them treatment.