Barack Obama: “Jobs have been lost at a heartbreaking level all across this State, and they've devastated families and devastated…”

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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…

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

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