American Leadership Is Essential.

I'm Not Going To Have Some Reporters Pawing Through Our Papers. We Are The President.

I Am Delighted To Be Here In These New [council On Foreign Relations] Headquarters. I Have Been Often To, I Guess, The Mother Ship In New York City, But It's Good To Have An Outpost Of The Council Right Here Down The Street From The State Department. We Get A Lot Of Advice From The Council, So This Will Mean I Won't Have As Far To Go To Be Told What We Should Be Doing And How We Should Think About The Future.

A Four-year Degree Shouldn't Be The Only Path To A Good-paying Job.

We Can Do Better. ...we Can't Ignore The Inequalities That Persist In Our Justice System That Undermine Our Most Deeply Held Values Of Fairness And Equality.

I Want Us To Invest In Your Future. That Means Jobs In Infrastructure, In Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation And Technology, Clean, Renewable Energy, And Small Business, Because Most Of The New Jobs Will Come From Small Business.