Barack Obama: “We believe that's where America's security interests are going to be particularly acute in the 21st century as well.”

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

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

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.