Barack Obama: “Nancy Bikoff Pettit, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to…”

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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