Barack Obama: “Mark Gilbert, of the District of Columbia, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador…”

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.