Barack Obama: “I applaud the House for its support of this bill and for standing up on behalf of these heroes who served our country in…”

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

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

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…

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.