Barack Obama: “their efforts deserve our most profound appreciation.”

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…

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

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

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.