Barack Obama: “Joan A. Polaschik, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador…”

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.