Barack Obama: “I've always said that I'm going to do what's necessary to protect the homeland.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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…

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

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