I'm enthralled by numerous comments Obama makes here. One in particular is about refugees.

When Penelope and I were contemplating moving to Vancouver, a Canuck friend sent a news item where Canada welcomed something like 20,000 immigrants in a few months.

There were several interviews with the new Canadians and one in particular brought us to tears. It was a father of three who was asked how it felt to be out of a war zone.

The dad replied, "My children can play outside and not have to worry about being bombed by planes or shot in the playground."

Powerful!

And now we too are immigrants.

"Canada's military is really good". I used to hear this in the Marine Corp all the time from veterans who fought with Canadian Troops. My fellow Marines hailed their Canadian brothers/sisters' training, commitment and heroism.

Barack certainly did his research expressing his knowledge of Canadian politics and history.