Barack Obama: “Their expertise and dedication will be a valuable asset both to my administration and our nation as we work to bring…”

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

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.