Barack Obama: “Lebanon is a critical country in a critical region, and we want to do everything that we can to encourage a strong…”

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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

The success of this experiment was never a given.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.