Barack Obama: “We need to invest in the infrastructure that keeps us that way and not just when something bad happens.”

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

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