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My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where our values and interests align. But that the president-elect also is willing to stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms.

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Russia, President, Trump

Source: time.com

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My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

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Guiding Principles, Trying, President

Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 17, 2016.

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It would be naive of me to suggest that with Russia committed militarily, as it is, to supporting what in many cases are barbarous tactics by the Assad regime to crush the opposition.

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Crush, Russia, Would Be

"Read President Obama's Comments Urging Donald Trump to Stand Up to Russia". time.com. November 17, 2016.

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One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life.

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Holiday, Special People, People In Your Life

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start.

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Believe, Thinking, Doubt

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to this day. Some of the folks who were involved in that decision either don't remember what they said or are entirely unapologetic about the results, but that views the Middle East as a place where force and intimidation will deliver on the security interests that we have, and that it is not possible for us to at least test the possibility of diplomacy.

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Running, War, Thinking

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.

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People, Challenges, Economy

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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What we've seen at least since 1979 is Iran making constant, calculated decisions that allow it to preserve the regime, to expand their influence where they can, to be opportunistic, to create what they view as hedges against potential Israeli attack in the form of Hezbollah and other proxies in the region.

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Views, Iran, Decision

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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I went through six years of battles on health care because I didn't have $100 million worth of advertising saying how it would never work.

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Years, Battle, Care

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.

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Military, America, Principles

Source: time.com

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I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it. Imagine that. I think it's fair to say that if something like that happens under a current president, they've got to figure out in about an hour what their response is.

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Thinking, Pigs, Two

Source: time.com

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It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

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Thinking, White, House

Source: www.cbsnews.com

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Grace Bell lived in Belhaven, North Carolina her entire life, all 100 years of her life. Just a few weeks ago Republicans challenged her voter registration status and tried to remove her from the voter rolls. Now Grace got her voter registration reinstated. And you better believe she`s going to vote. But this 100-year old woman wasn`t alone in being targeted. The list of voters Republicans tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic. That didn`t happen by accident.

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Believe, Grace, Black

Source: www.msnbc.com

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[ William Ayers] is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.

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Talking, Ideas, Guy

Source: www.truth-out.org

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Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran continues to live up to the terms of the Iran nuclear deal.

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Commitment, Iran, Challenges

Source: time.com

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I've sought a constructive relationship with Russia, but what I have also been is realistic in recognizing that there is some significant differences in how Russia views the world and how we view the world.

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Russia, Views, Differences

"Obama urges Trump against realpolitik in relations with Russia" by Philip Oltermann, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2016.

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For people who have health insurance, we can provide health insurance reforms that make the insurance they have more secure. And we can do that mostly by using money that every expert agrees is being wasted and is currently in the existing health care system.

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People, Reform, Experts

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies.

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Drug, Receiving, Subsidies

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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The other thing is going to be me being able to show not just the American people or the Israeli people but the world that, in fact, we have mechanisms in place that will prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.

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Iran, People, Facts

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you lived through being a black man in the 1950s or '60s or '70s.

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Men, Race, America

"President Obama's WTF Episode Helped Marc Maron Set a New Record" by Matt Patches, www.esquire.com. June 23, 2015.

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The United States wants a strong United Kingdom as a partner. And the United Kingdom is at its best when it's helping to lead a strong Europe.

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Strong, Europe, United States

Barack Obama's Remarks with Prime Minister Cameron in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 22, 2016.

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This kind of game in which anybody who I know, regardless of how flimsy the relationship is, that somehow their ideas could be attributed to me, I think the American people are smarter than that. They're not going to suggest somehow that that is reflective of my views, because it obviously isn't.

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Thinking, Views, Games

Source: www.truth-out.org

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I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity and respect. And everybody has to be open-minded in thinking how do we firm up a system that, in fact, is going to be in difficulty in the coming years.

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Senior, Thinking, Years

Source: www.msnbc.com

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The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.

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Religious, Practice, People

Source: www.spiegel.de

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What is certainly true is that the American people, just like the German people, just like the British and people around the world, are seeing extraordinarily rapid change. The world is shrinking, the economies have become much more integrated and demographics are shifting.

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People, Shrinking, World

Source: time.com

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