Barack Obama: “Senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process.”

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…