Josh Earnest: “The president is the father of two daughters. And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible…”

The President's view is that this is an investigation that should be conducted free of any sort of political interference.

Chelsea Manning is somebody who went through the military criminal justice process, was exposed to due process, was found guilty, was sentenced for her crimes, and she acknowledged wrongdoing.

So the president was not singling out ISIL. He was talking about the very different threat that is posed by a range of extremists around the globe.

a cynical Election Day tactic aimed at marginalizing Arab-Israeli voters.