Barack Obama: “We reaffirm a bond between our two nations born through struggle but also through shared ideals.”

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

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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…

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.