Barack Obama, giving thanks to Francis for his involvement in initiating dialogue between the US and Cuba, in his "Statement on Cuba Policy Change" (17 December 2014)
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I want to thank His Holiness Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is…

— Barack Obama on Pope Francis

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I want to thank His Holiness Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is…" in the context of "Barack Obama, giving thanks to Francis for his involvement in initiating dialogue between the US and Cuba, in his "Statement on Cuba Policy Change" (17 December 2014)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012. A member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Before becoming president, he represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and served as United States senator from Illinois between January 4, 2005 and November 16, 2008. While president, he was the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.