We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

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A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United...

Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United...

Why can't I just eat my waffle?

Why can't I just eat my waffle?

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any...

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any...

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My...

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My...

I will not go back to the days when health insurance companies had unchecked power...

I will not go back to the days when health insurance companies had unchecked power...

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large...

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive...

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive...

It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We...

It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We...

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come...

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come...

Give schools the resources to keep good eachers on the job and reward the best...

Give schools the resources to keep good eachers on the job and reward the best...

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists...

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists...

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle...

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle...

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of...

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of...

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it...

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it...

I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of...

I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of...