President Barack Obama Quotes - Page 2

• Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill.

  Audie Cornish

  Promise, President, Cuba

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The Republican candidates clashed on terrorism, immigration and foreign policy in their fifth debate.They all said President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton have not kept America safe.

  Renee Montagne

  America, President, Immigration

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I used to think most Democrats in Congress who voted for [ObamaCare] really believed they were doing something good for the poor and the middle class. Now I wonder. It's crystal clear that just about everything President Barack Obama promised about his health plan was false, his deception deliberate. If Democrats really cared for the people harmed by the law, you'd think they'd admit their mistake, try to fix it. They haven't.

  Jack Kelly

  Mistake, Thinking, Law

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• On Russia, I can only repeat what the president [Barack Obama] said. This is all about respecting certain principles, and I'm saying this from a European vantage point, from a European, from a German vantage point, sorry, the fact that for over 70 years we have been able to enjoy peace.

  Angela Merkel

  Sorry, Russia, Years

  Source: time.com

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• I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Thinking, White, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There are also fundamental issues related to what the current leader, President [Barack] Obama, said. I am referring to his idea about American exceptionalism. I am skeptical about this idea.

  Vladimir Putin

  Issues, Ideas, Leader

  Source: www.rt.com

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• The president [Barack Obama] is not willing to send in apaches and spotters if the Iraqis say they don't want them and if it means that these Shia mobilization forces are going to be going after and trying to kill Americans.

  Adam Schiff

  Mean, President, Trying

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It will be an unusual dynamic [in Congress]. It won't be like the rallying behind President [Barack] Obama in 2009 or behind President [George W.] Bush, even at the beginning of his presidency, or even [Bill] Clinton in '93, when he got his budget through on a partisan vote.

  William Kristol

  President, Bills, Vote

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with Ashraf Ghani and his top - his top partner, Abdullah. And they are doing their very best. And the Afghan army is actually fighting. The Afghan army is taking heavy losses defending Afghan territory.

  Hillary Clinton

  Loss, Army, Fighting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• When I saw the president [Barack Obama], I was a little disappointed that, you know, we were under constant attack. We never felt comfortable.

  Donna Brazile

  President, Littles, Saws

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think the president [Barack Obama] adopted some of that same language, but took it into the White House. And I think, like, there's a crucial difference between being, you know, Joe Schmo in the neighborhood and being the head, you know, of the government that, you know, in many ways is largely responsible for those conditions in the first place.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Thinking, Government, White

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think President [Barack] Obama is exactly right, we need to combat [gun shoots] because this really can become the new normal, but that`s really what`s been happening.

  Jonathan Michel Metzl

  Gun, Thinking, New Normal

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• This president [Barack Obama] is someone who has done more to protect and keep together families with DACA and then with DAPA.

  Julian Castro

  President, Together, Done

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The President [Barack Obama] had suggested that I not watch the news during the confirmation process. I assiduously followed his advice.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Advice, President, Watches

  Source: eldiariony.com

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• If I listen to a campaign promises, I would expect that on the first day [Donald Trump] would cancel all of the DACA documents out there that President [Barack] Obama unconstitutionally issued.

  Steve King

  Promise, President, Firsts

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• As the refugee crisis unfolds across Europe, another is looming in our backyard. The number of children crossing the southwest border unaccompanied has quietly surged more than a year after President [Barack] Obama referred to the problem as a quote "urgent humanitarian situation."

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Children, Years, Europe

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships, has managed to halt Obamacare`s full impact.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Party, Dark, Obamacare

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• As president, I will ensure that the United States is the global energy powerhouse of the 21st century.That means reinstating the Keystone XL Pipeline that President[Barack] Obama rejected. It also means rolling back the regulations from this administration that limit our ability to find resources by imposing regulations on hydraulic fracturing and our ability to be energy independent by regulating drilling on federal lands. As president, I will make America an energy leader through technology and innovation.

  Carly Fiorina

  Mean, Independent, Technology

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• Even before President [Barack] Obama announced actions aimed at tightening controls on gun purchases, sales were up, partly in reaction to terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. Gun dealers say the president's initiatives have spurred sales. At the same time, polling shows more than two thirds of Americans support the president's proposals, including a majority of gun owners.

  Rachel Martin

  Gun, Two, Paris

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen`s Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like any other rights. There are limits on your free speech and on your right to privacy. But he also made another nuanced Constitutional argument, that the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment must be balanced alongside the others rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Rights, Second Amendment, President

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The death panel issue arose with Tom Daschle, who was originally going to be the Health Czar. Daschle became enamored with the British system and wrote a book about health care, which influenced President [Barack] Obama.

  Nat Hentoff

  Book, Issues, President

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• We have the world's best military, even though he (President Barack Obama) has done everything he can to diminish it.

  Benjamin Carson

  Military, President, Done

  Transcript: Sixth Republican top-tier debate 2016, www.cbsnews.com. January 15, 2016.

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• This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

  Marco Rubio

  Military, President, Parenthood

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• This president [Barack Obama] is undermining the constitutional basis of this government. This president is undermining our military. He is undermining our standing in the world....The damage he has done to America is extraordinary.

  Marco Rubio

  Military, Government, America

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• The issue of guns, as president [Barack] Obama mentioned, which is particularly assailant in Colorado, a very complicated gun story, and I think a political climate that urges people to take issues into their own hands.

  Jonathan Michel Metzl

  Gun, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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