Others: Obama and Valedictory Speech

others: For the challenges that are new, Obama offered his vision for how to surmount them, and for the persistent problems he was unable to overcome, he offered optimism that others, eventually, will, according to CTV. Yes, our progress has been uneven, Obama told a crowd of some 18,000. Forceful at times and tearful at others, Obama's valedictory speech in his hometown of Chicago was a public meditation on the many trials the U.S. faces as Obama takes his exit. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. Yet Obama argued his faith in America had only been strengthened by what he's witnessed the past eight years, and he declared The future should be ours. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.