In Obama's Words

Obama holds teleconference on Affordable Care Act

I wanted to have this call because we've got a big day coming up -- the six-month anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”

• Other issues:Government and Politics, Health Care

Obama Delivers Remarks on Community Colleges

This is a place where anyone -- anyone with a desire to learn and to grow, to take their career to a new level or start a new career altogether, has the opportunity to pursue their dream -- right here at Macomb.”

• Other issues:Education

Obama delivers remarks at the Community College Summit with Dr. Biden

We can't accept less investment in our young people if our country is going to move forward. It would mean giving up on the promise of so many people who might not be able to pursue an education, like the millions of students at community colleges across this country.”

• Other issues:Education

Obama Discusses AIG Bonuses, Small Business Issues

This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed. Under these circumstances, it's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. I mean, how do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers remarks at CIA headquarters

So today, every terrorist in the al Qaeda network should be watching their back, because we're going to review every video, we are going to examine every photo, we're going to read every one of those millions of pages, we're going to pursue every lead. We are going to go wherever it takes us. We're going to finish the job. We are going to defeat al Qaeda.”

• Other issues:National Security and Intelligence

Obama meets with the Presidential Economic Recovery Advisery Board

The idea here is simple. We want to make it easier to connect students looking for jobs with businesses looking to hire. We want to help community colleges and employers create programs that match curricula in the classroom with the needs of the boardrooms.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers remarks on education at National Urban League

An education is not something you just tip your head and they pour it in your ear. You've got to want it. You've got to reach out and claim that future for yourself.”

• Other issues:Education

Obama Holds Press Conference: Opens with Discussion on Health-Care, Iranian Elections and Energy Policy

I've made it clear that the United States respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is not interfering with Iran's affairs.”

• Other issues:Economy, Foreign Policy, Health Care

Obama participates in Univision town hall

Now, here's what's also important -- that eight out of 10 future jobs are going to require more than a high school education. They're going to require some sort of higher education, whether it's a community college, a four-year college, at the very least some job training and technical training -- all of which means nobody -- nobody -- can drop out. We can't afford to have anybody here at Bell drop out. We can't have anybody drop out anywhere in the country.”

• Other issues:Education

Obama Delivers Remarks at Hudson Valley Community College

...From the development of new forms of energy, to research into treatments of ancient diseases, there is so much potential to change our world and improve our lives, while creating countless jobs all across America.”

• Other issues:Economy, Education, Science and Technology

Obama holds a news conference

I think there's no doubt that those who are suggesting or proposing or beating the drums of war should explain clearly to the American people what they think the costs and benefits would be. I'm not one of those people. Because what I've said is, is that we have a window through which we can resolve this issue peacefully. We have put forward an international framework that is applying unprecedented pressure. The Iranians just stated that they are willing to return to the negotiating table. And we've got the opportunity, even as we maintain that pressure, to see how it plays out.”

• Other issues:Government and Politics

Obama interviewed by BBC Persian (as released by the White House)

Well, it was offensive. It was hateful. And particularly for him to make the statement here in Manhattan, just a little north of Ground Zero, where families lost their loved ones, people of all faiths, all ethnicities who see this as the seminal tragedy of this generation, for him to make a statement like that was inexcusable.”

• Other issues:Defense, Foreign Policy, Government and Politics, National Security and Intelligence, Other

Obama delivers remarks at African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference

Obviously, we have enormous challenges. The unemployment rate in the African American community has always historically been higher than the norm. And since the unemployment rate generally is high right now, it is way too high when it comes to the African American community. Many of the challenges that existed before the crisis have been worsened with respect to opportunities for decent housing, with respect to making sure that our schools are equipped to prepare our kids for the 21st century. So we've got a lot of work to do.”

• Other issues:Social Issues

Obama signs the Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

In just a single generation, America has fallen from first to ninth in college completion rates for all our students. Now this is not just a Latino problem. This is an American problem. We've got to solve it. Because if we allow these trends to continue, it won't just be one community that falls behind. We will all fall behind together.”

• Other issues:Education, Social Issues

Obama Holds Press Conference on 100th Day in Office

I've requested an immediate $1.5 billion in emergency funding from Congress to support our ability to monitor and track this virus and to build our supply of antiviral drugs and other equipment. And we will also ensure that those materials get to where they need to be as quickly as possible.”

• Other issues:Government and Politics

Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, hold town hall on high speed rail in Tampa, Fla.

I seem to remember coming to Tampa two weeks before the election and you know what I said? This is a quote, people can check -- I'm sure it was reported in the newspapers. I said, "Change never comes without a fight." That was true then. It's true now.”

• Other issues:Other

Obama Delivers Speech at NAACP Centennial Convention

What we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the NAACP has traveled, but the journey that we, as Americans, have traveled over the past 100 years. (Applause.)”

• Other issues:Social Issues

Obama Delivers Remarks on Nonprofit Programs

There's more work to be done, but we've made important progress in supporting a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq.”

• Other issues:Defense, Education, Social Issues

Obama delivers remarks at ceremony to honor the 13 recipients of the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal

The 13 Americans that we honor today have all faced in their own ways the moment that Dr. King described -- that Good Samaritan moment when you see a neighbor in need and you have to ask yourself the question. They come from different backgrounds and they've devoted their lives to different causes, but they are united by the choice that they've made. They could have made excuses for doing nothing. Instead, they chose to help.”

• Other issues:Other

Obama delivers remarks at the 2011 National Council of La Raza annual conference

One in six new small business owners are immigrants. These are job creators who came here to seek opportunity and now seek to share opportunity. This country has always been made stronger by our immigrants. That's what makes America special. We attract talented, dynamic optimistic people who are continually refreshing our economy and our spirit. And you can see that in urban areas all across the country. Where communities that may have been hollowed out when manufacturing left or were having problems because of an aging population, suddenly you see an influx of immigration and you see streets that were full of boarded up building suddenly they're vibrant with life once again and it's immigrant populations who are providing that energy and that drive.”

• Other issues:Social Issues