Barack Obama: “Our first priority is to manage the urgent humanitarian situation by making sure these children are housed, fed, and…”

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

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…

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.