"So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will..." - Quote by Barack Obama
So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
More by Barack Obama
“I can guarantee that not because I give Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch a directive. That is institutionally how we have always operated. I do not talk to the attorney general about pending investigations [On Hillary Clinton].”
“There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.”
“I'm kind of a night owl.”
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“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.”
“Care for him who shall have borne the battle”
“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.”
More on Military
“Discipline is the soul of an army.”
“Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits”
“We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By battling and building block by block in Baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the Iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide toward peace.”