Barack Obama: “Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1…”

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.

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

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

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