Barack Obama: “I think the situation is getting urgent enough that we've got to start doing something now.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.