Barack Obama: “We're beginning to break free from the partisanship and the petty bickering that have stood in the way of progress for…”

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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…

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.