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Former President Barack Obama delivered a quick address at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before he, Michelle, and the rest of his family depart to California for vacation.
“Hello everybody,” the 44th President of the United States began began. “You know, Michelle and I’ve really been milking this ‘goodbye’ thing.”
“I’ve said before and I will say again, that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in the American people and their ability, our ability, to join together and change the country in ways that would make lives better for our kids and our grandkids. ”
The now former president further reminded all citizens that they were equally responsible as him for the successes of the past eight years:
“I said before and I will say again that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in the American people and their ability, our ability, to join together and change the country in ways that would make life better for our kids and grandkids. He added, “Change didn’t happen form the top down, but it happened from the bottom up.”
“It was met sometime with skepticism and doubt,” continued Obama. “Some folks didn’t think we could pull it off… And yet, all of you came together.” Obama went on to express pride in the American people for coming together and having “hope in the face of difficulty and uncertainty.”
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“Yes we did and yes we can,” Obama said before departing. “This is not a period. This is a comma of the continuing story of building America.”
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama was seen becoming emotional at the end of the Star-Spangled Banner:
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