Barack Obama: “They noted the importance of maintaining pressure on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and other terrorist groups.”

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I was a little tall for it.

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

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