Barack Obama said...

I've sat across the table from some of the world's most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of our most intractable...

And in defense of the country. And in defense of the world that you want to leave to your children and your grandchildre...

Some of you know when I was growing up, I didn't have a father in the house. But I did have people around me, stepfather...

Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end.