Barack Obama: “As Haiti recovers, we will remain a steady and reliable partner.”

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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…

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.