Barack Obama: “Service binds us to each other — and to our communities and our country — in a way that nothing else can.”

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

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…

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

never talks that way when they are in the same room.