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Awake, Asleep

May 28 2010 Published by under Obama, Quotes


1.”My job right now is just to make sure that everybody in the Gulf understands, this is what I wake to in the morning and this is what I go to bed at night thinking about.”
05.27.10 President Obama on Oil Disaster
2.”President Obama wakes up in the morning and he goes to bed at night thinking about how to make people’s lives better- how to create that enivronment for creating jobs…”
01.20.10 White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs regarding President Obama & Employment
3.“As President, my greatest responsibility is the security of the American people. It is the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning. It’s the last thing I think about when I go to sleep at night. “
09.11.09 President Obama marking 8th Anniversary of September 11 attacks.
4.”As President, my greatest responsibility is the security and safety of the American people. As I’ve said before, that is the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, it’s the last thing that I think about when I go to sleep at night. And I will not hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests.”
08.17.09 President Obama on Afghanistan & Pakistan
5.”… I read your letters. The stories I hear are the first thing that I think about in the morning; they’re the last thing I think about at night. They’re the focus of my attention every waking minute of every day.”
07.23.09 President Obama on Employment
6.”In the midst of all these challenges, however, my single most important responsibility as President is to keep the American people safe.  It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning.  It’s the last thing I think about when I go to sleep at night.”
05.21.09 President Obama on Guantanamo


7.”I will be judged as commander-in-chief on how safe I’m keeping the American people. That’s the responsibility I wake up with and it’s the responsibility I go to sleep with.”
04.29.09 President Obama on Enhanced Interrogation


8.”I come here as a Mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world — they’re the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night.”
08.25.08 Michelle Obama at Democrat National Convention
Thanks to Sean Hannity, Brett Baier, and Free Republic for their excellent reporting on this, from which I shamelessly borrowed!

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