Barack Obama: “One year ago, the world lost a leader whose struggle and sacrifices inspired us to stand up for our fundamental…”

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

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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…