Barack Obama: “Ending the war in Iraq responsibly is in the broader strategic interests of the United States.”

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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.