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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: President Obama Gives Last Presser Of 2016 [Watch (HLS stream): President Obama Gives Last Presser Of 2016](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Vy5JR1rr.m3u8) (4:21)  _Published 2016-12-16. President Obama spoke during his last press conference at the White House in 2016. He said that the issue of Russian hacking the election should not be partisan._ --- Jul 27, 2023 9:15 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [President Obama Leaves the Oval Office for the Last Time](/video/NpFIYMgM/) ### President Obama Leaves the Oval Office for the Last Time [President Obama Orders ‘Full Review’ of Election Hacking](/video/3wyaT5Bn/) ### President Obama Orders ‘Full Review’ of Election Hacking [TIME Raw: President Obama at 2015 End Year Presser](/video/ILI9MWgb/) ### TIME Raw: President Obama at 2015 End Year Presser --- ## Transcript Good afternoon. This is the most wonderful press conference of the year. [ LAUGH ] I've got a list of who's been naughty and nice, to call on. But, let me first make a couple of quick points, and then I'll take your question. For years, we've worked to stop the civil war in Syria, and alleviate human suffering It is one of the hardest issue that I faced as president, the world as we speak, united and four the savage assault of the russian and the Iranian allies on the city of elope. We have seen a deliberate seen. Innocent civilians. We've seen relentless targeting of humanitarian workers and medical personnel. Entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and dust. There are continuing reports of civilians being executed. These are all horrific violations of international law. Responsibility for this brutality lies in one place alone, with the Assad regime and its allies Russia and Iran. And this blood and these atrocities are on their hands. We all know what needs to happen. There needs to be an impartial international observer force in Aleppo. They can help coordinate an orderly evacuation through safe corridors. What we've simply said is the facts, which are that based on uniform intelligence assessments, the Russians were responsible for hacking the DNC. And that as a consequence it is important for us to review all elements of that and make sure that we are preventing that kind of interference through cyber attacks in the future. My hope is that the president elect Is going to similarly be concerned with making sure that we don't have potential foreign influence in our election process. I don't think any American wants that. And that shouldn't be a source of an argument. I haven't shared, previously, private conversations I've had with the President- Elect. I will say that they have been Cordial and in some cases have involved me making some pretty specific suggestions about how to ensure that regardless of our obvious deep disagreements about policy Maybe I can transmit some thoughts about maintaining the effectiveness, integrity, cohesion of the office, a various democratic institutions. I've said before I could be prouder Secretary Clinton for her outstanding service. Think she's worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and I don't think she was treated fairly during the election. I think the coverage of her and the issues was troubling. Mike, I always feel responsible. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I Felt responsible when kids were being shot by snipers, I felt responsible when millions of people had been displaced. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I feel responsible for murder and slaughter that's taken place in South Sudan that's not being reported on. Partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] There are places around the world where horrible things are happening, and because of my office, because I'm President of the United States, I feel responsible. I ask myself every single day is there something I could do that would save lives and make a difference? And spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"President Obama Gives Last Presser Of 2016 ","description":"President Obama spoke during his last press conference at the White House in 2016. 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