Third, We Will Make Trade Work For

By Making Bold Cuts In Spending And Commonsense Entitlement Reforms, We Will Make Our Government Simpler, Smaller, And Smarter.

When You Give A Speech You Don't Go Through A Laundry List, You Talk About The Things That You Think Are Important.

There Are 160,000 Of Our Men And Women In Iraq That Wonder Whether There Is Going To Be A Hand Grenade Or A Missile Lobbed Into Where They Are Sleeping At Night. Those Are People Who Make A Real Sacrifice.

I Know What It Takes To Balance Budgets. I Have Done It My Entire Life.

As President, My Goal In Afghanistan Will Be To Complete A Successful Transition To Afghan Security Forces By The End Of 2014. I Will Evaluate Conditions On The Ground And Solicit The Best Advice Of Our Military Commanders. And I Will Affirm That My Duty Is Not To My Political Prospects, But To The Security Of The Nation.