Barack Obama: “Rather than continue to waste time and money on further litigation, it was time for national leadership on this issue so…”

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

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

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…

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.