Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources.