Barack Obama: “We are committed to making sure that a disaster like Katrina does not happen again.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

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

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.