The government also reformed student loans, and repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell, and appointed two women to the Supreme Court, and dealt with pirates and pandemics. "We've been very busy, and yet our work is not finished. It's going to take more than a couple of years. Its going to take more than one term to accomplish what we need to do."

"When I think about running for re-election, I don't look backwards, I look forward," he said. "That's what this campaign has to be about - about your jobs, about your hopes, about your families, about your dreams. That's what we're fighting for… We've got to finish what we started."
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"That's not a vision of America I want to pass on to Malia and Sasha - I want a vision of America that's as big and bold as it has ever been," he said. "A vision where we all share sacrifice, nobody bears the burden alone and we all share the opportunity."

Whether we came on the Mayflower, through Ellis Island, on slave ships or across the Rio Grande, "we are all connected," he said.