Barack Obama: “What these numbers do mean, though, is that we're moving in the right direction.”

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

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

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…

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.