Barack Obama: “I truly believe that if we can get the deficit and debt issue solved, which I believe we can get done...”

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.