Barack Obama: “Our long-term competitiveness for jobs, exports, and investment depends on America's ability to lead on the cutting-edge…”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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…

never talks that way when they are in the same room.