Barack Obama: “This agreement will make clear to the Taliban, to al Qaeda, and to other international terrorist groups that they cannot…”

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

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

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.