Barack Obama: “We discussed our ongoing efforts in Afghanistan.”

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”