Barack Obama: “I congratulate the millions of Afghans who enthusiastically participated in today's historic elections.”

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

I was a little tall for it.