Barack Obama: “Our goal is to defeat al-Qaida and to ensure stability in the region.”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

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

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.