Barack Obama: “We must rely on the partnership of those who are most familiar with the local risks.”

I was a little tall for it.

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 thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.