The Moment Somebody's A President

I Think That Every Country Presents Its Own Particular Challenges, Different Cultures, Different Histories, Different Religions, Different People. And Different Ethnic Make-ups In Those Countries Present Different Challenges.

I Mean,you Will Have An Afghan Government. There Are Two Roads Here. One Is Obviously A Run-off Election Or A Negotiated Settlement. But What's Most Important About That Process Is That There's A Credibility And A Legitimacy To The Government At The End Of That Process. So Which Road They Choose, That's Up To Them. It Must Have - Be Legitimate And Credible In The Eyes Of The Afghan People.

We Have Come A Long Way And We Have A Little Further To Go.

We Invoke The Sacrifices Of Our Fallen Heroes In The Abstract, But We Seldom Take Time To Thank Them Individually.

When President Obama Entered The White House, The Economy Was In A Free-fall. The Auto Industry: On Its Back. The Banks: Frozen Up. More Than Three Million Americans Had Already Lost Their Jobs. And America's Bravest, Our Men And Women In Uniform, Were Fighting What Would Soon Be The Longest Wars In Our History.