Barack Obama: “The United States is, has been, and will remain an Asian and Pacific power.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.