Barack Obama: “The settlements that have been achieved are historic and provide full and final resolution to two long-running disputes.”

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

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.