Barack Obama: “Louis has served his country with distinction in uniform and in government, and his pedigree is second-to-none.”

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.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

That's what I hope every visitor to this center takes away from their experience.

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