Barack Obama: “The crew of this flight, along with their families and loved ones, are in our thoughts and prayers.”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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…

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

I was a little tall for it.