Barack Obama: “Turkey is a NATO ally, which means that we are pledged to defend each other.”

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.