Barack Obama: “Alpha Troop could have simply evacuated their comrades and left that enemy bunker for another day.”

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…

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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