Barack Obama: “This Committee will work without the looming specter of default, ensuring time to carefully consider essential reforms.”

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…

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.