Barack Obama: “We're not going to allow ourselves to be dragged back into a situation in which, while we're there, we're keeping a lid…”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

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

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…