Barack Obama: “That's the American Promise.”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

I was a little tall for it.

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…

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