Barack Obama: “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the victims of the crash and their loved ones.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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.

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