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good morning, everybody. please have a seat.

more than 54 years ago, at the height of the cold war, the united states closed its embassy inhavana. today, i can announce that the united states has agreed to formally re-establishdiplomatic relations with the republic of cuba, and re-open embassies in our respectivecountries. this is a historic step forward in our efforts to normalize relations with the cubangovernment and people, and begin a new chapter with our neighbors in the americas.

when the united states shuttered our embassy in 1961, i don"t think anyone e_pected that itwould be more than half a century before it re-opened. after all, our nations are separated byonly 90 miles, and there are deep bonds of family and friendship between our people. but therehave been very real, profound differences between our governments, and sometimes we allowourselves to be trapped by a certain way of doing things.

for the united states, that meant clinging to a policy that was not working. instead ofsupporting democracy and opportunity for the cuban people, our efforts to isolate cubadespite good intentions increasingly had the opposite effect – cementing the status quo andisolating the united states from our neighbors in this hemisphere. the progress that we marktoday is yet another demonstration that we don"t have to be imprisoned by the past. whensomething isn"t working, we can – and will – change.

last december, i announced that the united states and cuba had decided to take steps tonormalize our relationship. as part of that effort, president raul castro and i directed our teamsto negotiate the re-establishment of embassies. since then, our state department has workedhard with their cuban counterparts to achieve that goal. and later this summer, secretarykerry will travel to havana formally to proudly raise the american flag over our embassy oncemore.

this is not merely symbolic. with this change, we will be able to substantially increase ourcontacts with the cuban people. we"ll have more personnel at our embassy. and our diplomatswill have the ability to engage more broadly across the island. that will include the cubangovernment, civil society, and ordinary cubans who are reaching for a better life.

on issues of common interest – like counterterrorism, disaster response, and development –we will find new ways to cooperate with cuba. and i"ve been clear that we will also continue tohave some very serious differences. that will include america"s enduring support for universalvalues, like freedom of speech and assembly, and the ability to access information. and we willnot hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.

however, i strongly believe that the best way for america to support our values is throughengagement. that"s why we"ve already taken steps to allow for greater travel, people-to-peopleand commercial ties between the united states and cuba. and we will continue to do so goingforward.

since december, we"ve already seen enormous enthusiasm for this new approach. leadersacross the americas have e_pressed support for our change in policy; you heard thate_pressed by president dilma rousseff of brazil yesterday. public opinion surveys in both ourcountries show broad support for this engagement. one cuban said, "i have prepared for thisall my life." another said that that, "this is like a shot of o_ygen." one cuban teacher put itsimply: "we are neighbors. now we can be friends."

here in the united states, we"ve seen that same enthusiasm. there are americans who wantto travel to cuba and american businesses who want to invest in cuba. american colleges anduniversities that want to partner with cuba. above all, americans who want to get to knowtheir neighbors to the south. and through that engagement, we can also help the cubanpeople improve their own lives. one cuban american looked forward to "reuniting families andopening lines of communications." another put it bluntly: "you can"t hold the future of cubahostage to what happened in the past."

and that"s what this is about: a choice between the future and the past.

americans and cubans alike are ready to move forward. i believe it"s time for congress to dothe same. i"ve called on congress to take steps to lift the embargo that prevents americansfrom travelling or doing business in cuba. we"ve already seen members from both parties beginthat work. after all, why should washington stand in the way of our own people?

yes, there are those who want to turn back the clock and double down on a policy of isolation.but it"s long past time for us to realize that this approach doesn"t work. it hasn"t worked for 50years. it shuts america out of cuba"s future, and it only makes life worse for the cuban people.

so i"d ask congress to listen to the cuban people. listen to the american people. listen to thewords of a proud cuban american, carlos gutierrez, who recently came out against the policy ofthe past, saying, "i wonder if the cubans who have to stand in line for the most basicnecessities for hours in the hot havana sun feel that this approach is helpful to them."

of course, nobody e_pects cuba to be transformed overnight. but i believe that americanengagement – through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all, through our people – isthe best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights. time andagain, america has demonstrated that part of our leadership in the world is our capacity tochange. it"s what inspires the world to reach for something better.

a year ago, it might have seemed impossible that the united states would once again beraising our flag, the stars and stripes, over an embassy in havana. this is what change lookslike.

in january of 1961, the year i was born, when president eisenhower announced thetermination of our relations with cuba, he said: it is my hope and my conviction that it is "inthe not-too-distant future it will be possible for the historic friendship between us once again tofind its reflection in normal relations of every sort." well, it took a while, but i believe thattime has come. and a better future lies ahead.

thank you very much. and i want to thank some of my team who worked diligently to makethis happen. they"re here. they don"t always get acknowledged. we"re really proud of them.good work.

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hi, everybody. this week, america came together tosalute our veterans – to e_press our appreciationto all who served so that we might live free. but ourgratitude should e_tend beyond what our veteranshave done for us in the past. it should remind us ofour responsibilities to serve them as well as theyhave served us. it should compel us to keep ourveterans central to the ongoing work of this nation.

in recent years, we"ve made historic investments toboost the va budget, e_pand veterans" benefits,and improve care for our wounded warriors. we"ve now slashed the disability claims backlog bynearly 90 percent from its peak. we"re reducing the outrage of veterans" homelessness andwe"ve helped tens of thousands of veterans get off the streets. the veterans" unemploymentrate is down to 3.9 percent – even lower than the national average.

of course, we"re not satisfied. we"ve still got more work to do – and i"ve directed myadministration to keep doing everything it can to fulfill our promise to our veterans. but thisisn"t just a job for government alone. we all have a role to play. less than one percent ofamericans are serving in uniform. so it"s true most americans don"t always see andappreciate the incredible skills and assets that our veterans can offer. but every americanshould know that our veterans are some of the most talented, capable people in the world.they"ve mastered skills and technologies and leadership roles that are impossible to teach offthe battlefield. they know how to get stuff done.

and as our veterans will tell you themselves, they"re not finished serving their country. they"reteachers and doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs, social workers and community leaders.they serve in statehouses across the country and in congress. as i tell small business ownersand ceos on a regular basis, if you want to get the job done, hire a vet. every sector, everyindustry, every community in this country can benefit from the incredible talents of ourveterans.

our troops and veterans give us their very best. that"s what a soldier named captain florentgroberg proved. three years ago, on patrol in afghanistan, flo saw a suicide bomber comingtoward his unit. without hesitating, flo grabbed him by his vest and helped push him to theground. when the bomb went off, flo was badly injured, and four of his comrades were killed.but many more were saved because of flo"s sacrifice. flo represents the very best of america –and this week, i was proud to present him with the medal of honor for his actions.

veterans like flo, they deserve our undying gratitude. they deserve the chance to keepserving the country they risked everything to defend. and so we must come together to keepgiving them that chance, not just on veterans day, but on every single day of the year. maygod bless all those who serve and all who have given their lives for our country. and may godbless the united states of america.

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good afternoon, everybody, andhappy thanksgiving.

the office of the presidency --the most powerful position in the world -- brings with it manyawesome andsolemn responsibilities. this is not oneof them. (laughter.) but the white houseturkey pardon is a greattradition. and i know malia loves it --as does sasha.

generally speaking, thanksgivingis a bad day to be a turkey. especiallyat a house with twodogs. so i saluteour two guests of honor -- caramel and popcorn -- for their bravery. theycameall the way from outside badger, minnesota to be with us. they, like my chief of staff, arevikingsfans. (laughter.) i’m not sure that theyknow -- (turkeys gobble) -- uh-oh. (laughter.)see. i"m not sure they know that that my bears areheading to minnesota on sunday, but in thespirit of thanksgiving, i"m going togive them a break.

we are also e_cited to havestudents from badger high school here. (applause.) where areyouguys? there they are, right there. and finally, let me say thank you to johnburkel, chairmanof the national turkeyfederation. give him a big round ofapplause. (applause.)

now, 80 turkeys on john’s farmcompeted for the chance to make it to the white house, andstay off thethanksgiving table. it was, quite literally, the hunger games. (laughter.) and then,after weeks of vocal practice and prepping for the cameras,the two tributes, caramel andpopcorn went head-to-head together for america’svote as top gobbler.

the competition was stiff, but wecan officially declare that popcorn is the winner -- (applause) -- proving thateven a turkey with a funny name can find a place in politics. (laughter.) as for caramel, he’s sticking around, and he’s already busy raisingmoney for hisne_t campaign. (laughter.)

on a more serious note, latertoday, michelle, malia, sasha, and i will bring a couple lessfortunate turkeysto a great organization that works to help out our neighbors here in d.c.whoneed it most. and i want to thankjaindl’s turkey farm in orefield, pennsylvania, fordonating those dressedbirds for the fifth year in a row. thisis a reminder that this is a seasonto not only be thankful for the incredibleblessings that we have, but also to remember theneediest and generously servethose who are not as fortunate.

this is a quintessentiallyamerican holiday, and during this time we give thanks to ourfriends and ourfamily, for citizens who show compassion to those in need, and forneighborswho help strangers they’ve never met. wegive thanks for the blessings of freedomand opportunity that previousgenerations worked so hard to secure for. and we give thanksfor the service and sacrifice of our brave men andwomen in uniform who serve our nationaround the world.

for those of you who arewatching, you keep us safe. you make usproud, and you remind usof our own obligations to build on the work of ourpredecessors and leave something better forour own kids.

so on behalf of the obama family,i want to wish everybody a very happy thanksgiving.tomorrow, as we gather with our own friendsand family, we’ll count ourselves lucky that there’smore to be thankful forthan we can ever say, and more to be hopeful for than we can everimagine.

and now, before these turkeys getaway -- with the power vested in me, i want to grantpopcorn a fullreprieve. come on. (laughter.) popcorn, you have a full reprieve fromcranberrysauce and stuffing. we wish youwell. and we’re going to give carmel abreak as well.

all right? (laughter.) congratulations, everybody. (applause.) happythanksgiving,everybody. see you, popcorn.(applause.) get out of the rain. (laughter.)

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fellow south africans,

we are nearing the end of another momentous year in the history of our young democracy.

this year has taken us closer to the achievement of a non-racial, non-se_ist, democraticsouth africa in which all of us, black and white, can live in peace, harmony and prosperity.

this is a time when we should collectively reflect on the progress made during the year andcommit ourselves further to address the challenges that face our country and its people.

we do so with a view to consolidating the gains we have thus far made while sparing neitherstrength nor effort in confronting the challenges facing our country, which are poverty,unemployment and inequality.

in a difficult global economic environment, we have been working very hard to strengthenour economy through investment in infrastructure, providing support to key industrial sectors,and developing our agricultural value chain.

working together, we have stabilised the supply of electricity to our homes, to our schools,hospitals, factories and businesses.

working together again with our key role players in labour, business, communities andgovernment, we have made significant progress towards the introduction of a national minimumwage as one of the key mechanisms that will enable us to reduce income inequality.

these deliberations have been part of a broader process among all social partners to improvethe labour relations environment in our country, which we e_pect to complete in the new year.

president jacob zuma has led an important engagement with major stakeholders in addressingkey issues arising from students’ protests around the cost of higher education.

we are confident that working together with students organisations and management we willfind long-term solutions to all these challenges.

working together as south africans, we will be able to realise the call that was made in thefreedom charter for higher education and technical training to be open to all south africans.

it is a matter of concern that largely peaceful protest has on occasion been marred by thedestruction of critical property of schools, libraries, clinics and damage to other communityinfrastructure.

as a society, we need to remain resolute in our conviction that in a democratic society whichwe are, protest must take place within the framework of the law.

we must work together to protect these community structures, which are really assets of ourpeople, for the benefit of future generations.

as part of the african union, we continue to work within the framework of agenda 2063 toensure the political and economic renewal of our continent based on good political andeconomic governance.

working together with sister countries in sadc, we have continued to consolidate regionalintegration efforts, which will add momentum towards building united, prosperous and betterafrica.

inspired by the vision of providing african solutions to african problems, we remain part ofefforts by sadc, the african union, regional economic communities and indeed the un to helpbring peace and stability in those countries that are still afflicted by conflict. these countriesinclude the kingdom of lesotho, burundi and south sudan.

as part of the family of nations and working together with like-minded countries, we havepersisted in our efforts to bring about a fundamental transformation of the united nationsand other institutions of global governance.

our country participated at the highest level in the cop 21 climate change conference in paris.

we have begun to feel the effects of climate change, which is impacting on security of ourwater, food security and economic development.

we welcome every resolution taken by the international community to limit the effects ofclimate change on humanity as a whole and developing countries in particular.

south africa was honoured to recently host the first forum for china-africa cooperation, whichwas held on our soil as well as the african union summit earlier this year.

the hosting of events of these magnitudes, coupled with the world-class infrastructure at ourdisposal, is an e_pression of the confidence that the world has placed in our country and itspeople.

we take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions in making south africa abetter place for all who live in it.

we e_tend our thoughts and prayers to those families who lost loved ones during the year. weshare in your pain and in your sorrow.

we salute our men and women in uniform who toil day and night to assure us of peace andsecurity in our homes and communities.

we thank our national sporting teams for continuing to proudly hoist our national flag ininternational sporting events.

your contribution to nation-building and social cohesion is deeply appreciated.

as we embark on journeys to our various destinations, let us ensure we observe the rules ofthe road. arrive alive must be a way of life for all south africans.

i thank you.

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the president: hello, big easy! (applause.) everybody, give it up for nancy for thatgreat introduction. (applause.) it is good to be back in new orleans. this is what passes forwinter here in new orleans, huh? (laughter.) folks got all their coats on and all that. come on.you need to go to chicago to know what it’s like to be cold.

it is great to be here. it is especially happy for my staff. they love coming to new orleans.but we did schedule the event early because ifigure there’s a limit to how much trouble theycould get into. (laughter.) they can’t get over to bourbon street fast enough if we did adaytimeevent. and i know that there areprobably a couple of my staff that are lsu fans. iwouldn’t mind staying for the game tomorrownight. i know we’ve got the presidenthere -- i justsaw him a minute ago and i wished him all the best.

i also want to acknowledge acouple of other people who are here. you’vegot your governor-- bobby jindal is here. (applause.) we’ve got thesecretary of transportation anthony fo__,who is here. (applause.) we have cedric richmond, your outstanding congressman. (applause.) cedric then brought down a whole bunch of his colleagues from thecongressionalblack caucus for some important work that they’re doing -- notthat they’re going to enjoythemselves at all while they’re here. (laughter.) but we are thrilled to see them all here.

you have one of the best mayorsin the country in mitch landrieu. (applause.) and i justflew downwith your senator, who, by coincidence, has the same name -- mary landrieu. (applause.) she’s traveling around the state today and doing unbelievable work on behalfof thepeople of louisiana. and i justwant to say nobody is a tougher advocate on behalf of theworking people oflouisiana than mary landrieu. so we’revery, very proud of the work that shedoes. (applause.)

finally, i want to thank mr. garylagrange, keith palmisano, and chris hammond. theyshowed me around the port. (applause.) and this is one ofthe -- by the way, anybody who’s gota seat, feel free. i noticed that a few folks are standingup. if you don’t have a seat then keeponstanding. i don’t want you hurtingyourself.

this is one of the busiest portcomple_es in the entire world. you movemillions of tons ofsteel and chemicals and fuel and food every singleyear. i just found out you also handle alot ofthe country’s coffee, which means you’re responsible for keeping thewhite house awake at alltimes. (applause.) got some coffee folkshere.

and, in so many ways, this portis representative of what ports all around the country do:they help to keep our economy going -- movingproducts, moving people, making sure thatbusinesses are working. you’ve got corn and wheat that’s coming downfrom my home state ofillinois down the river, ending up here, and then goingall around the world. and it’s part ofthereason why we’ve been able to increase e_ports so rapidly, is because we’vegot some of the bestnatural resources and waterways and facilities in theworld.

now, growing our economy,creating new jobs, helping middle-class families regain a senseof stabilityand security so they can find good jobs and make sure that their kids are doingevenbetter than they did -- that’s always been what america is about, but fortoo many people, thatsense that you can make it here if you try, that sensehas been slipping away. and mydrivingfocus has been to restore that sense of security, and it should be washington’sfocus,regardless of party. that’s whateverybody in washington should be thinking about every day.

so today, i want to just offer acouple of ideas about what we could do right now togetherthat would help oureconomy -- right now. now, the good newsis, over the past 44 months ourbusinesses have created 7.8 million newjobs. since i took office, we’ve cut thedeficits in half. (applause.) that’s right. by the way, you wouldn’t know this sometimes listening to folks ontv,but the deficits are going down, they’re not going up. they’ve been cut in half. (applause.)and they keep on going down.

over the past three years, healthcare costs have risen at the slowest pace on record.e_ports are up. the housing market is up. the american auto industry is roaring back. so we’vegot a lot of good things to buildon, but we’ve got a lot more work to do. and what we shouldstart doing, the first thing we should do is stopdoing things that undermine our businessesand our economy over the past fewyears -- this constant cycle of manufactured crises and self-inflicted woundsthat have been coming out of washington.

for e_ample, we learned yesterdaythat over the summer, our economy grew at its fastestpace in a year. that’s the good news. the bad news is that the very day that theeconomicquarter ended, some folks in washington decided to shut down thegovernment and threatenedto default on america’s obligations for the firsttime in more than 200 years. and it’slike thegears of our economy, every time they are just about to take off,suddenly somebody taps thebrakes and says, "not so fast."

audience member: tell it! (laughter.)

the president: now, our businesses are resilient. we’ve got great workers. and so, asa consequence, we added about200,000 new jobs last month. but there’sno question that theshutdown harmed our jobs market. the unemployment rate still ticked up. and we don’t yetknow all the data for thisfinal quarter of the year, but it could be down because of whathappened inwashington. now, that makes nosense. these self-inflicted wounds don’thave tohappen. they should not happenagain.

we should not be injuringourselves every few months -- we should be investing inourselves. we should be building, not tearing thingsdown. rather than refighting the sameoldbattles again and again and again, we should be fighting to make sureeverybody who workshard in america and hard right here in new orleans, thatthey have a chance to get ahead.that’swhat we should be focused on. (applause.)

which brings me to one of thereasons i’m here at this port. one ofthe things we should befocused on is helping more businesses sell moreproducts to the rest of the world. andthe onlyway those products get out is through facilities like this. right now, e_ports are one of thebrightestspots in our economy. thanks in part tonew trade deals that we signed with countrieslike panama and colombia andsouth korea, we now e_port more goods and services than everbefore. and that means jobs right here in the unitedstates of america.

last year, every $1 billion ine_ports supports nearly 5,000 jobs, including jobs right here atthis port. so we’re working on new trade deals that willmean more jobs for our workers, andmore business for ports like this one.

and, by the way, when i travelaround the world, i’m out there selling. i’ll go anywhere inthe world to make sure that those products stampedwith those words, "made in america," thatwe can open up those markets and sellthem anywhere. (applause.)

so helping american businessesgrow; creating more jobs -- these are not democratic orrepublicanpriorities. they are priorities thateverybody, regardless of party, should be able toget behind. and that’s why, in addition to working withcongress to grow our e_ports, i’ve putforward additional ideas where i believedemocrats and republicans can join together to makeprogress right now.

number one, congress needs topass a farm bill that helps rural communities grow andprotects vulnerableamericans. for decades, congress found away to compromise and passfarm bills without fuss. for some reason, now congress can’t even getthat done. now, this isnot somethingthat just benefits farmers. ports likethis one depend on all the products comingdown the mississippi. so let’s do the right thing, pass a farmbill. we can start sellingmoreproducts. that’s more business for thisport. and that means more jobs righthere. (applause.)

number two, we should fi_ ourbroken immigration system. (applause.) this would begoodfor our national security, but it would also be good for our economic security. over thene_t two decades, it would grow oureconomy by $1.4 trillion. it wouldshrink our deficits bynearly a trillion dollars. this should not be a partisan issue. president bush proposed the broadoutlines ofcommon-sense immigration reform almost a decade ago. when i was in the senate,i joined 23 of myrepublican colleagues to back those reforms. this year, the senate has alreadypassed a bill with broad bipartisansupport.

so all we’re doing now is waitingfor the house to act. i don’t know whatthe holdup is. but ifthere’s a goodreason not to do it, i haven’t heard it. there’s no reason both parties can’t cometogether and get this donethis year. get it done this year. (applause.)

number three, democrats andrepublicans should work together on a responsible budgetthat sets america on astronger course for the future. weshouldn’t get caught up in the sameold fights. and we shouldn’t just cut things just for the sake of cuttingthings. remember, iwant to remind you-- what’s happening in the deficits? they’re going down. they’reshrinking.they’re falling faster thanthey have in 60 years.

so what we have to do now is dowhat america has always done: make somewiseinvestments in our people and in our country that will help us grow overthe long term. weshould close wastefulta_ loopholes that don’t help our jobs, don’t grow our economy, and theninvestthat money in things that actually do create jobs and grow our economy. and one of thosethings is building new roadsand bridges and schools and ports. thatcreates jobs. (applause.) itputs people to work during theconstruction phase. and then it createsan infrastructure for oureconomy to succeed moving forward.

educating our kids, training ourworkers so they’re prepared for the global economy -- thathelps us grow. we should be investing in that. and mayor landrieu has been doing a great jobinimproving education here in new orleans. (applause.)

investing in science and research and technology -- that keeps ourbusinesses and ourmilitary at our cutting edge. that’s the kind of investment we should bemaking.

i mean, think about ourinfrastructure. in today’s globaleconomy, businesses are going totake root and grow wherever there’s thefastest, most reliable transportation andcommunications networks -- they cango anywhere. so china is investing a lotin infrastructure.europe is investing awhole lot in infrastructure. and brazilis investing a whole lot ininfrastructure. what are we doing?

we’re doing some good thingslocally here. the state and city aretrying to do some work,but nationally we’re falling behind. we’re relying on old stuff. i don’t think we should have justoldstuff. we should have some new stuffthat is going to help us grow and keep pace withglobal competition.

rebuilding our transportation andcommunications networks is one of the fastest ways tocreate good jobs. and consider that just a couple of years fromnow, we’re going to have newsupertankers that are going to start comingthrough the panama canal, and these tankers canhold three times as much cargoas today’s. if a port can’t handle thosesupertankers, they’ll goload and unload cargo somewhere else. so there’s work that we can start doing interms ofdredging and making the passageways deeper, which means thesupertankers can have morestuff on them, which means they can unload and loadmore stuff, which makes this port morecompetitive.

so why wouldn’t we put people towork upgrading them? (applause.) why wouldn’t we dothat? it’s not just our ports either. one in nine of our bridges is ratedstructurally deficient.more than 40percent of our major highways are congested; so is our airspace. everybody who’ssitting on a tarmac wonderingwhy it is that you’re not taking off, and getting aggravated whenyou go flysomeplace, part of the reason is we’ve got this antiquated air traffic controlsystem.we need the ne_t generation airtraffic control system. it would reducetime travel; it wouldreduce delays. itreduces fuel costs for airlines. itreduces pollution in the sky. we knowhow todo it, we just haven’t done it.

that shouldn’t be a democratic ora republican issue. that’s just smart togo ahead and doit. something thatpeople across the political spectrum shouldbe able to agree on. now, here’sthething: all these opportunities andchallenges, they’re not going to magically fi_ themselves.we’ve got to do it. and anybody who says we can’t afford to payfor these things needs to realizewe’re already paying for them.

i’ll give you an e_ample. a lot of trucking companies now reroute theirshipments to avoidtraffic and unsafe bridges. so they’re going longer than they need to; that costs them money.so you’re paying for it. those costs then get passed on toconsumers. or it means companiesaren’tmaking as much of a profit and maybe they’ve got fewer employees. so directly orindirectly, we’re paying forit. and the longer we delay, the more we’llpay.

but the sooner we take care ofbusiness, the better. and i know that ifthere’s one thing thatmembers of congress from both parties want, it’s smartinfrastructure projects that create goodjobs in their districts.

that’s why, last year, i took thestep without congress to speed up the permitting processfor big infrastructureprojects like upgrading our ports. justcut through the red tape. get itdonefaster. this year, rebuilding ourinfrastructure could be part of a bipartisan budget deal. acouple months ago, i put forward an idea totry to break through some of the old arguments -- agrand bargain formiddle-class jobs. and what i said was,we’ll simplify our corporate ta_code, close some wasteful ta_ loopholes, endincentives to ship jobs overseas, lower ta_ rates forbusinesses that createjobs here in the united states, and use some of the money we save byswitchingto a smarter ta_ system to create good construction jobs building the thingsthat ourbusinesses need right here in america. it’s a pretty sensible deal. (applause.)

so if we took that step, we couldmodernize our air traffic control system to keep planesrunning on time;modernize our power grids and pipelines so they survive storms; modernizeourschools to prepare our kids for jobs of the future; modernize our ports so theycanaccommodate the new ships.

the point is, rebuilding ourinfrastructure or educating our kids, funding basic research --they are notpartisan issues, they’re american issues. there used to be a broad consensus thatthese things were important toour economy. and we’ve got to get backto that mindset. we’vegot to moveforward on these things together. itdoesn’t mean that there aren’t going to bedisagreements on a whole bunch ofstuff, but let’s work on the things we agree on.

now, i’m going to make one lastpoint, one area where we haven’t made much bipartisanprogress -- at least notas much as i’d like -- is fi_ing our broken health care system. (applause.)

and i took up this cause knowingit was hard -- there was a reason why no other presidenthad done it -- to makesure every american has access to quality, affordable health care, andto makesure that no american ever again has to fear one illness is going to bankruptthem. (applause.)

and the work we’ve already donehas resulted in, over the past three years, health care costsrising at theslowest pace on record. health carecosts for businesses are growing about one-thirdof the rate they were a decadeago, and we want those trends to continue.

now, we’ve had this problem withthe website. i’m not happy aboutthat. but we’re workingovertime to makesure that it gets fi_ed, because right now we’ve put in place a system,amarketplace, where people can get affordable health care plans. i promise you nobody hasbeen more frustrated. i want to go in and fi_ it myself, but i don’twrite code, so -- (laughter).

but to every american with apree_isting condition who’s been waiting for the day they couldbe covered justlike everybody else, for folks who couldn’t afford to buy their owninsurancebecause they don’t get it on the job, we’re going to fi_ the website. because theinsurance plans are there. they are good, and millions of americans arealready finding thatthey’ll gain better coverage for less cost, and it’s theright thing to do. (applause.)

now, i know that’s -- i knowhealth care is controversial, so there’s only going to be somuch support weget on that on a bipartisan basis -- until it’s working really well, andthenthey’re going to stop calling it obamacare. (laughter and applause.) they’regoing to callit something else.

one thing, though, i was talkingto your mayor and your governor about, though, is aseparate issue, which isone of the things that the affordable care act does is allow states toe_pandmedicaid to cover more of their citizens. (applause.)

and here in louisiana, that wouldbenefit about 265,000 people. andalready you’ve seenstates -- arkansas has covered -- taken this up, and they’recovering almost 14 percent of theiruninsured. republican governors in states like ohio and nevada, arizona, they’redoing it, too.oregon has alreadyreduced the number of uninsured by about 10 percent. and some of thesefolks opposed obamacare,but they did support helping their citizens who can’t get coverage.

so we want to work with everybody-- mayor, governor, insurance -- whoever it is thatwants to work with us herein louisiana to make sure that even if you don’t support the overallplan, let’sat least go ahead and make sure that the folks who don’t have health insurancerightnow can get it through an e_panded medicaid. let’s make sure we do that. (applause.) it’s theright thing to do.

and one of the reasons to do itis -- i’ve said this before; sometimes people don’t fullyappreciate it -- wealready pay for the health care of people who don’t have health insurance,wejust pay for the most e_pensive version, which is when they go to the emergencyroom.because what happens is, thehospitals have to take sick folk. they’renot just going to leavethem on the streets. but people who are sick, they wait until the very last minute. it’s muchmore e_pensive to treat them. hospitals have to figure out how to get theirmoney back, whichmeans they jack up costs for everybody who does have healthinsurance by about $1,000 perfamily.

so, as a consequence, whathappens is you’re already paying a hidden ta_ for a brokenhealth caresystem. community hospitals struggle tocare for the uninsured who can’t pay theirbills when they get sick. so it’s the right thing to do for the healthof our economies as a whole.it is apractical, pragmatic reason to do it. ithas nothing to do with politics or ideology. andthe more states that are working together, democrats andrepublicans, the better off we’regoing to be.

so the bottom line is, neworleans, we can work together to do these things, because we’vedone thembefore. we did not become the greatestnation on earth just by chance, just byaccident. we had some advantages -- really nice realestate here in the united states. butwhatwe also had were people who despite their differences -- and we come fromeverywhere and lookdifferent and have different traditions -- we understandthat this country works best when we’reworking together. and we decided to do what was necessary forour businesses and our familiesto succeed. and if we did it in the past, we can do it again.

so let’s make it easier for morebusinesses to e_pand and grow and sell more goods madein america to the restof the world. let’s make sure we’ve gotthe best ports and roads andbridges and schools. let’s make sure our young people are gettinga great education. let’s giveeverybodya chance to get ahead, not just a few at the top, but everybody -- (applause)--because if we do that, if we help our businesses grow and our communitiesthrive and ourchildren reach a little higher, then the economy is going togrow faster.

we’ll rebuild our middle classstronger. the american dream will bereal and achievable notjust for a few, but for everybody -- not just today,but for decades to come. that’s whatwe’refighting for. that’s what you’re allabout here at this port and here in new orleans. and i’mlooking forward to working with youto make sure we keep that up.

thank you. god bless you. god bless america. (applause.)

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one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy

remarks by the president

on the passing of senator edward m. kennedy

blue heron farm

chilmark, massachusetts

9:57 a.m. edt

the president: i wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an e_traordinary leader, senator edward kennedy.

over the past several years, i"ve had the honor to call teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread.

since teddy"s diagnosis last year, we"ve seen the courage with which he battled his illness. and while these months have no doubt been difficult for him, they"ve also let him hear from people in every corner of our nation and from around the world just how much he meant to all of us. his fight has given us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers john and robert were taken from us: the blessing of time to say thank you -- and goodbye.

the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we"ve all borne witness is a testament to the way this singular figure in american history touched so many lives. his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives -- in seniors who know new dignity, in families that know new opportunity, in children who know education"s promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just -- including myself.

the kennedy name is synonymous with the democratic party. and at times, ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks. but in the united states senate, i can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. his seriousness of purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth, and good cheer. he could passionately battle others and do so peerlessly on the senate floor for the causes that he held dear, and yet still maintain warm friendships across party lines.

and that"s one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy.

his e_traordinary life on this earth has come to an end. and the e_traordinary good that he did lives on. for his family, he was a guardian. for america, he was the defender of a dream.

i spoke earlier this morning to senator kennedy"s beloved wife, vicki, who was to the end such a wonderful source of encouragement and strength. our thoughts and prayers are with her, his children kara, edward, and patrick; his stepchildren curran and caroline; the entire kennedy family; decades" worth of his staff; the people of massachusetts; and all americans who, like us, loved ted kennedy.

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10:00 a.m. edt

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my friends:

this is not a fireside chat on war. it is a talk on national security; because the nub of the whole purpose of your president is to keep you now, and your children later, and your grandchildren much later, out of a last-ditch war for the preservation of american independence, and all of the things that american independence means to you and to me and to ours.

tonight, in the presence of a world crisis, my mind goes back eight years to a night in the midst of a domestic crisis. it was a time when the wheels of american industry were grinding to a full stop, when the whole banking system of our country had ceased to function. i well remember that while i sat in my study in the white house, preparing to talk with the people of the united states, i had before my eyes the picture of all those americans with whom i was talking. i saw the workmen in the mills, the mines, the factories, the girl behind the counter, the small shopkeeper, the farmer doing his spring plowing, the widows and the old men wondering about their life"s savings. i tried to convey to the great mass of american people what the banking crisis meant to them in their daily lives.

tonight, i want to do the same thing, with the same people, in this new crisis which faces america. we met the issue of 1933 with courage and realism. we face this new crisis, this new threat to the security of our nation, with the same courage and realism. never before since jamestown and plymouth rock has our american civilization been in such danger as now. for on september 27th, 1940 -- this year -- by an agreement signed in berlin, three powerful nations, two in europe and one in asia, joined themselves together in the threat that if the united states of america interfered with or blocked the e_pansion program of these three nations -- a program aimed at world control -- they would unite in ultimate action against the united states.

the nazi masters of germany have made it clear that they intend not only to dominate all life and thought in their own country, but also to enslave the whole of europe, and then to use the resources of europe to dominate the rest of the world. it was only three weeks ago that their leader stated this: "there are two worlds that stand opposed to each other." and then in defiant reply to his opponents he said this: "others are correct when they say: "with this world we cannot ever reconcile ourselves.""" i can beat any other power in the world." so said the leader of the nazis.

in other words, the a_is not merely admits but the a_is proclaims that there can be no ultimate peace between their philosophy -- their philosophy of government -- and our philosophy of government. in view of the nature of this undeniable threat, it can be asserted, properly and categorically, that the united states has no right or reason to encourage talk of peace until the day shall come when there is a clear intention on the part of the aggressor nations to abandon all thought of dominating or conquering the world.

at this moment the forces of the states that are leagued against all peoples who live in freedom are being held away from our shores. the germans and the italians are being blocked on the other side of the atlantic by the british and by the greeks, and by thousands of soldiers and sailors who were able to escape from subjugated countries. in asia the japanese are being engaged by the chinese nation in another great defense. in the pacific ocean is our fleet.

some of our people like to believe that wars in europe and in asia are of no concern to us. but it is a matter of most vital concern to us that european and asiatic war-makers should not gain control of the oceans which lead to this hemisphere. one hundred and seventeen years ago the monroe doctrine was conceived by our government as a measure of defense in the face of a threat against this hemisphere by an alliance in continental europe. thereafter, we stood guard in the atlantic, with the british as neighbors. there was no treaty. there was no "unwritten agreement." and yet there was the feeling, proven correct by history, that we as neighbors could settle any disputes in peaceful fashion. and the fact is that during the whole of this time the western hemisphere has remained free from aggression from europe or from asia.

does anyone seriously believe that we need to fear attack anywhere in the americas while a free britain remains our most powerful naval neighbor in the atlantic? and does anyone seriously believe, on the other hand, that we could rest easy if the a_is powers were our neighbors there? if great britain goes down, the a_is powers will control the continents of europe, asia, africa, austral-asia, and the high seas. and they will be in a position to bring enormous military and naval resources against this hemisphere. it is no e_aggeration to say that all of us in all the americas would be living at the point of a gun -- a gun loaded with e_plosive bullets, economic as well as military. we should enter upon a new and terrible era in which the whole world, our hemisphere included, would be run by threats of brute force. and to survive in such a world, we would have to convert ourselves permanently into a militaristic power on the basis of war economy.

some of us like to believe that even if britain falls, we are still safe, because of the broad e_panse of the atlantic and of the pacific. but the width of those oceans is not what it was in the days of clipper ships. at one point between africa and brazil the distance is less than it is from washington to denver, colorado, five hours for the latest type of bomber. and at the north end of the pacific ocean, america and asia almost touch each other. why, even today we have planes that could fly from the british isles to new england and back again without refueling. and remember that the range of the modern bomber is ever being increased.

during the past week many people in all parts of the nation have told me what they wanted me to say tonight. almost all of them e_pressed a courageous desire to hear the plain truth about the gravity of the situation. one telegram, however, e_pressed the attitude of the small minority who want to see no evil and hear no evil, even though they know in their hearts that evil e_ists. that telegram begged me not to tell again of the ease with which our american cities could be bombed by any hostile power which had gained bases in this western hemisphere. the gist of that telegram was: "please, mr. president, don"t frighten us by telling us the facts." frankly and definitely there is danger ahead -- danger against which we must prepare. but we well know that we cannot escape danger, or the fear of danger, by crawling into bed and pulling the covers over our heads.

some nations of europe were bound by solemn nonintervention pacts with germany. other nations were assured by germany that they need never fear invasion. nonintervention pact or not, the fact remains that they were attacked, overrun, thrown into modern slavery at an hour"s notice -- or even without any notice at all. as an e_iled leader of one of these nations said to me the other day, "the notice was a minus quantity. it was given to my government two hours after german troops had poured into my country in a hundred places." the fate of these nations tells us what it means to live at the point of a nazi gun.

the nazis have justified such actions by various pious frauds. one of these frauds is the claim that they are occupying a nation for the purpose of "restoring order." another is that they are occupying or controlling a nation on the e_cuse that they are "protecting it" against the aggression of somebody else. for e_ample, germany has said that she was occupying belgium to save the belgians from the british. would she then hesitate to say to any south american country: "we are occupying you to protect you from aggression by the united states"? belgium today is being used as an invasion base against britain, now fighting for its life. and any south american country, in nazi hands, would always constitute a jumping off place for german attack on any one of the other republics of this hemisphere.

analyze for yourselves the future of two other places even nearer to germany if the nazis won. could ireland hold out? would irish freedom be permitted as an amazing pet e_ception in an unfree world? or the islands of the azores, which still fly the flag of portugal after five centuries? you and i think of hawaii as an outpost of defense in the pacific. and yet the azores are closer to our shores in the atlantic than hawaii is on the other side.

there are those who say that the a_is powers would never have any desire to attack the western hemisphere. that is the same dangerous form of wishful thinking which has destroyed the powers of resistance of so many conquered peoples. the plain facts are that the nazis have proclaimed, time and again, that all other races are their inferiors and therefore subject to their orders. and most important of all, the vast resources and wealth of this american hemisphere constitute the most tempting loot in all of the round world.

let us no longer blind ourselves to the undeniable fact that the evil forces which have crushed and undermined and corrupted so many others are already within our own gates. your government knows much about them and every day is ferreting them out. their secret emissaries are active in our own and in neighboring countries. they seek to stir up suspicion and dissension, to cause internal strife. they try to turn capital against labor, and vice versa. they try to reawaken long slumbering racial and religious enmities which should have no place in this country. they are active in every group that promotes intolerance. they e_ploit for their own ends our own natural abhorrence of war. these trouble-breeders have but one purpose. it is to divide our people, to divide them into hostile groups and to destroy our unity and shatter our will to defend ourselves.

there are also american citizens, many of them in high places, who, unwittingly in most cases, are aiding and abetting the work of these agents. i do not charge these american citizens with being foreign agents. but i do charge them with doing e_actly the kind of work that the dictators want done in the united states. these people not only believe that we can save our own skins by shutting our eyes to the fate of other nations. some of them go much further than that. they say that we can and should become the friends and even the partners of the a_is powers. some of them even suggest that we should imitate the methods of the dictatorships. but americans never can and never will do that.

the e_perience of the past two years has proven beyond doubt that no nation can appease the nazis. no man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. there can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. there can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb. we know now that a nation can have peace with the nazis only at the price of total surrender. even the people of italy have been forced to become accomplices of the nazis; but at this moment they do not know how soon they will be embraced to death by their allies.

the american appeasers ignore the warning to be found in the fate of austria, czechoslovakia, poland, norway, belgium, the netherlands, denmark, and france. they tell you that the a_is powers are going to win anyway; that all of this bloodshed in the world could be saved, that the united states might just as well throw its influence into the scale of a dictated peace and get the best out of it that we can. they call it a "negotiated peace." nonsense! is it a negotiated peace if a gang of outlaws surrounds your community and on threat of e_termination makes you pay tribute to save your own skins? for such a dictated peace would be no peace at all. it would be only another armistice, leading to the most gigantic armament race and the most devastating trade wars in all history. and in these contests the americas would offer the only real resistance to the a_is power. with all their vaunted efficiency, with all their parade of pious purpose in this war, there are still in their background the concentration camp and the servants of god in chains.

the history of recent years proves that the shootings and the chains and the concentration camps are not simply the transient tools but the very altars of modern dictatorships. they may talk of a "new order" in the world, but what they have in mind is only a revival of the oldest and the worst tyranny. in that there is no liberty, no religion, no hope. the proposed "new order" is the very opposite of a united states of europe or a united states of asia. it is not a government based upon the consent of the governed. it is not a union of ordinary, self-respecting men and women to protect themselves and their freedom and their dignity from oppression. it is an unholy alliance of power and pelf to dominate and to enslave the human race.

the british people and their allies today are conducting an active war against this unholy alliance. our own future security is greatly dependent on the outcome of that fight. our ability to "keep out of war" is going to be affected by that outcome. thinking in terms of today and tomorrow, i make the direct statement to the american people that there is far less chance of the united states getting into war if we do all we can now to support the nations defending themselves against attack by the a_is than if we acquiesce in their defeat, submit tamely to an a_is victory, and wait our turn to be the object of attack in another war later on.

if we are to be completely honest with ourselves, we must admit that there is risk in any course we may take. but i deeply believe that the great majority of our people agree that the course that i advocate involves the least risk now and the greatest hope for world peace in the future.

the people of europe who are defending themselves do not ask us to do their fighting. they ask us for the implements of war, the planes, the tanks, the guns, the freighters which will enable them to fight for their liberty and for our security. emphatically, we must get these weapons to them, get them to them in sufficient volume and quickly enough so that we and our children will be saved the agony and suffering of war which others have had to endure.

let not the defeatists tell us that it is too late. it will never be earlier. tomorrow will be later than today.

certain facts are self-evident.

in a military sense great britain and the british empire are today the spearhead of resistance to world conquest. and they are putting up a fight which will live forever in the story of human gallantry. there is no demand for sending an american e_peditionary force outside our own borders. there is no intention by any member of your government to send such a force. you can therefore, nail, nail any talk about sending armies to europe as deliberate untruth. our national policy is not directed toward war. its sole purpose is to keep war away from our country and away from our people.

democracy"s fight against world conquest is being greatly aided, and must be more greatly aided, by the rearmament of the united states and by sending every ounce and every ton of munitions and supplies that we can possibly spare to help the defenders who are in the front lines. and it is no more un-neutral for us to do that than it is for sweden, russia, and other nations near germany to send steel and ore and oil and other war materials into germany every day in the week.

we are planning our own defense with the utmost urgency, and in its vast scale we must integrate the war needs of britain and the other free nations which are resisting aggression. this is not a matter of sentiment or of controversial personal opinion. it is a matter of realistic, practical military policy, based on the advice of our military e_perts who are in close touch with e_isting warfare. these military and naval e_perts and the members of the congress and the administration have a single-minded purpose: the defense of the united states.

this nation is making a great effort to produce everything that is necessary in this emergency, and with all possible speed. and this great effort requires great sacrifice. i would ask no one to defend a democracy which in turn would not defend every one in the nation against want and privation. the strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the government to protect the economic well-being of its citizens. if our capacity to produce is limited by machines, it must ever be remembered that these machines are operated by the skill and the stamina of the workers.

as the government is determined to protect the rights of the workers, so the nation has a right to e_pect that the men who man the machines will discharge their full responsibilities to the urgent needs of defense. the worker possesses the same human dignity and is entitled to the same security of position as the engineer or the manager or the owner. for the workers provide the human power that turns out the destroyers, and the planes, and the tanks. the nation e_pects our defense industries to continue operation without interruption by strikes or lockouts. it e_pects and insists that management and workers will reconcile their differences by voluntary or legal means, to continue to produce the supplies that are so sorely needed. and on the economic side of our great defense program, we are, as you know, bending every effort to maintain stability of prices and with that the stability of the cost of living.

nine days ago i announced the setting up of a more effective organization to direct our gigantic efforts to increase the production of munitions. the appropriation of vast sums of money and a well-coordinated e_ecutive direction of our defense efforts are not in themselves enough. guns, planes, ships and many other things have to be built in the factories and the arsenals of america. they have to be produced by workers and managers and engineers with the aid of machines which in turn have to be built by hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the land. in this great work there has been splendid cooperation between the government and industry and labor. and i am very thankful.

american industrial genius, unmatched throughout all the world in the solution of production problems, has been called upon to bring its resources and its talents into action. manufacturers of watches, of farm implements, of linotypes and cash registers and automobiles, and sewing machines and lawn mowers and locomotives, are now making fuses and bomb packing crates and telescope mounts and shells and pistols and tanks.

but all of our present efforts are not enough. we must have more ships, more guns, more planes -- more of everything. and this can be accomplished only if we discard the notion of "business as usual." this job cannot be done merely by superimposing on the e_isting productive facilities the added requirements of the nation for defense. our defense efforts must not be blocked by those who fear the future consequences of surplus plant capacity. the possible consequences of failure of our defense efforts now are much more to be feared. and after the present needs of our defense are past, a proper handling of the country"s peacetime needs will require all of the new productive capacity, if not still more. no pessimistic policy about the future of america shall delay the immediate e_pansion of those industries essential to defense. we need them.

i want to make it clear that it is the purpose of the nation to build now with all possible speed every machine, every arsenal, every factory that we need to manufacture our defense material. we have the men, the skill, the wealth, and above all, the will. i am confident that if and when production of consumer or lu_ury goods in certain industries requires the use of machines and raw materials that are essential for defense purposes, then such production must yield, and will gladly yield, to our primary and compelling purpose.

so i appeal to the owners of plants, to the managers, to the workers, to our own government employees to put every ounce of effort into producing these munitions swiftly and without stint. with this appeal i give you the pledge that all of us who are officers of your government will devote ourselves to the same whole-hearted e_tent to the great task that lies ahead.

as planes and ships and guns and shells are produced, your government, with its defense e_perts, can then determine how best to use them to defend this hemisphere. the decision as to how much shall be sent abroad and how much shall remain at home must be made on the basis of our overall military necessities.

we must be the great arsenal of democracy.

for us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. we must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

we have furnished the british great material support and we will furnish far more in the future. there will be no "bottlenecks" in our determination to aid great britain. no dictator, no combination of dictators, will weaken that determination by threats of how they will construe that determination. the british have received invaluable military support from the heroic greek army and from the forces of all the governments in e_ile. their strength is growing. it is the strength of men and women who value their freedom more highly than they value their lives.

i believe that the a_is powers are not going to win this war. i base that belief on the latest and best of information.

we have no e_cuse for defeatism. we have every good reason for hope -- hope for peace, yes, and hope for the defense of our civilization and for the building of a better civilization in the future. i have the profound conviction that the american people are now determined to put forth a mightier effort than they have ever yet made to increase our production of all the implements of defense, to meet the threat to our democratic faith.

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我的朋友們：

這不是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的爐邊談話。這是關(guān)于國(guó)家安全的講話;因?yàn)槟銈兊目偨y(tǒng)的目的，關(guān)鍵是要保持現(xiàn)在的你，和你的孩子后，你的孫子要晚得多，從最后的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)來維護(hù)美國(guó)的獨(dú)立，和所有的事情，美國(guó)的獨(dú)立性意味著你和我，我們的。

今晚，面對(duì)世界性危機(jī)，我的思緒又回到了八年前的一個(gè)晚上的國(guó)內(nèi)危機(jī)之中。當(dāng)時(shí)的美國(guó)工業(yè)的車輪被磨到完全停止時(shí)，我們整個(gè)國(guó)家的銀行體系已停止功能。我清楚地記得，當(dāng)我坐在我的研究在白宮，準(zhǔn)備在美國(guó)的人的談話中，我曾在我的眼前所有美國(guó)人的圖片的人我是說。我看到工人們?cè)诿谞査?，礦山，工廠，柜臺(tái)后面的女孩，小掌柜，農(nóng)民做他的春耕，寡婦和老男人不知道自己一生的積蓄。我試圖傳達(dá)給美國(guó)人民銀行危機(jī)對(duì)他們意味著什么在他們的日常生活，大眾。

今晚，我想做同樣的事情，與相同的人，在這個(gè)新的危機(jī)，面臨美國(guó)。我們遇到了1933的勇氣和現(xiàn)實(shí)問題。我們面臨新的危機(jī)，這對(duì)我們國(guó)家安全的新威脅，以同樣的勇氣和現(xiàn)實(shí)主義。以前從來沒有從詹姆斯敦和普利茅斯搖滾我們的美國(guó)文明現(xiàn)在是危險(xiǎn)。在今年的1940年9月27日————在柏林簽署了一項(xiàng)協(xié)議，三個(gè)強(qiáng)大的國(guó)家，兩個(gè)在歐洲和亞洲，連接起來的威脅，如果美國(guó)對(duì)美國(guó)的干擾或阻止這三個(gè)國(guó)家的擴(kuò)張計(jì)劃——一項(xiàng)旨在控制世界——他們會(huì)團(tuán)結(jié)在最終的行動(dòng)反對(duì)美國(guó)。

納粹德國(guó)的主子們明確表示，他們打算不僅主宰一切的生活和他們自己國(guó)家的思想，但也使整個(gè)歐洲，然后利用歐洲的資源來統(tǒng)治世界。它只有三個(gè)星期前，他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人說："有兩個(gè)世界，反對(duì)對(duì)方。"然后在挑釁的回答他的對(duì)手，他說："別人都正確時(shí)，他們說："這個(gè)世界上我們永遠(yuǎn)無法調(diào)和自己。""我可以擊敗任何其他權(quán)力在世界上。"納粹的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人這樣說。

換句話說，軸不僅僅承認(rèn)，但軸宣稱，最終沒有可和平之間的哲學(xué)——他們的哲學(xué)的政府——和我們的政府理念。在這個(gè)不可否認(rèn)的威脅的性質(zhì)來看，可以說，正確和絕對(duì)，認(rèn)為美國(guó)沒有任何權(quán)利或理由鼓勵(lì)談?wù)摵推街钡奖禺?dāng)有對(duì)侵略國(guó)部分明確意圖放棄所有的控制或征服世界的思想。

作為美國(guó)總統(tǒng)，我呼吁國(guó)家的努力。我叫它在這個(gè)國(guó)家，我們的愛和尊敬，我們很榮幸和驕傲的服務(wù)名稱。我號(hào)召我們的人民有絕對(duì)的信心，我們共同的事業(yè)將極大的成功。

在這一時(shí)刻，所有人都聯(lián)合起來反對(duì)自由生活正在舉行遠(yuǎn)離海岸的美國(guó)軍隊(duì)。德國(guó)人和意大利人被封鎖在大西洋彼岸的英國(guó)，由希臘人，以及數(shù)以千計(jì)的士兵和水手得以逃脫被征服的國(guó)家。在亞洲，日本正被另一個(gè)偉大的中華民族從事國(guó)防。在太平洋艦隊(duì)。

我們中的一些人認(rèn)為，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)在歐洲和亞洲，我們都不關(guān)心。但這是一個(gè)最重要的關(guān)注，美國(guó)，歐洲和亞洲的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)者不應(yīng)獲得導(dǎo)致這個(gè)半球海洋控制。一百一十七年前，夢(mèng)露主義的構(gòu)思是由我國(guó)政府在威脅這個(gè)半球的聯(lián)盟在歐洲大陸面臨的防御措施。此后，我們守在大西洋，與英國(guó)的鄰居。沒有條約。沒有不成文的協(xié)議。"但有感覺，被歷史證明是正確的，我們的鄰居會(huì)在和平的方式解決爭(zhēng)議。而事實(shí)上，此時(shí)的西半球始終沒有來自歐洲和亞洲的侵略的整個(gè)期間。

有沒有人真的相信，我們需要擔(dān)心的攻擊在美洲任何地方而自由英國(guó)仍然是我們最強(qiáng)大的海軍在大西洋的鄰居?有人相信，在另一方面，我們可以放心如果軸心國(guó)是我們的鄰居那里嗎?如果英國(guó)下山，軸心國(guó)將控制歐洲大陸，亞洲，非洲，亞洲和南半球，公海。他們將在一個(gè)位置，帶來了巨大的軍事和海軍資源對(duì)這個(gè)半球。毫不夸張地說，在所有美洲我們都將生活在槍口——槍裝滿炸藥的子彈，經(jīng)濟(jì)以及軍事。我們要進(jìn)入這整個(gè)世界的一個(gè)新的和可怕的時(shí)代，我們的大腦半球在內(nèi)，將由武力威脅。而在這樣一個(gè)世界生存下去，我們必須改變自己的永久戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)上軍國(guó)主義的力量。

我們中的一些人認(rèn)為，即使英國(guó)的瀑布，我們?nèi)匀皇前踩?，因?yàn)楹棋拇笪餮蠛吞窖?。但這些海洋寬度不在三桅帆船的日子是什么。在一個(gè)點(diǎn)在非洲和巴西之間的距離是小于它是從華盛頓到丹佛，科羅拉多州，為轟炸機(jī)的最新型的五小時(shí)。在太平洋的北端，美國(guó)和亞洲幾乎相互接觸。為什么，甚至今天我們能飛的飛機(jī)從英國(guó)到新英格蘭再不加油。記?。含F(xiàn)代轟炸機(jī)范圍日益增加。

在過去的一周在全國(guó)各地有很多人告訴我，他們希望我說今晚。幾乎所有的人都表達(dá)了一個(gè)勇敢的渴望聽到有關(guān)形勢(shì)的嚴(yán)峻事實(shí)。然而一封電報(bào)，表達(dá)，誰想要非禮勿視、非禮勿聽少數(shù)的態(tài)度，即使他們?cè)谛睦镏?，邪惡的存在。那封電?bào)請(qǐng)求我不要告訴了我們與緩解美國(guó)城市可以被任何敵對(duì)勢(shì)力已經(jīng)在這個(gè)西半球獲得基地轟炸。這封電報(bào)大意是："請(qǐng)你，總統(tǒng)先生，不要嚇唬我們告訴我們的事實(shí)。"老實(shí)說，肯定是前面有危險(xiǎn)——危險(xiǎn)對(duì)我們必須做好準(zhǔn)備。但我們知道，我們不能逃避危險(xiǎn)，或?qū)ξｋU(xiǎn)的恐懼，爬行到床上，把被子蒙住頭。

歐洲一些國(guó)家的不干涉協(xié)定莊嚴(yán)德國(guó)束縛。其他國(guó)家是德國(guó)的保證永遠(yuǎn)不必?fù)?dān)憂入侵。不干涉協(xié)定或不，事實(shí)上，他們被攻擊，超限，扔到現(xiàn)代奴隸制一小時(shí)通知——甚至沒有注意到這一切。作為一個(gè)流亡領(lǐng)袖之一，這些國(guó)家說一天我，"通知負(fù)量。這是給我的政府后，德國(guó)軍隊(duì)已經(jīng)涌入我國(guó)一百處兩個(gè)小時(shí)"。這些國(guó)家的命運(yùn)告訴我們，生活在納粹的槍口意味著什么。

納粹已經(jīng)由各種虔誠(chéng)的欺詐行為。一個(gè)騙子是聲稱他們正處在一個(gè)國(guó)家為目的的"恢復(fù)秩序"。另一個(gè)原因是，他們占有或控制的國(guó)家，他們借口"保護(hù)"對(duì)別人的侵略。例如，德國(guó)已經(jīng)表示，她是從英國(guó)占領(lǐng)比利時(shí)挽救比利時(shí)。她會(huì)再猶豫說任何南美國(guó)家："我們正處在你保護(hù)你免遭美國(guó)的侵略?比利時(shí)今天是作為反對(duì)英國(guó)侵略基地，現(xiàn)在戰(zhàn)斗的生活。和其他南美國(guó)家，在納粹手中，總是會(huì)構(gòu)成一個(gè)跳發(fā)生在這個(gè)半球的其它共和國(guó)的任何一個(gè)德國(guó)的進(jìn)攻。

你們兩個(gè)其他地方未來的分析更近，如果到德國(guó)納粹贏得。就愛爾蘭呢?將愛爾蘭自由被允許在不自由的世界，一個(gè)驚人的寵物例外?或亞速爾群島的島嶼，它還飛葡萄牙國(guó)旗經(jīng)過五個(gè)世紀(jì)?你和我認(rèn)為夏威夷是太平洋地區(qū)的防御前哨。然而，亞速爾群島是大西洋更接近我們的海岸到夏威夷的另一邊。

有人說，軸心國(guó)，不會(huì)有任何攻擊欲望西半球。那是一廂情愿的破壞了許多被征服民族抵抗力量同樣危險(xiǎn)的形式。簡(jiǎn)單的事實(shí)是，納粹黨已經(jīng)宣布，一次又一次，所有其他種族都是他們的人因此受到他們的命令。最重要的是，廣大富饒的美洲是所有的一輪世界最誘人的戰(zhàn)利品。

讓我們不再盲目的自己，已壓碎破壞和損壞的很多人已經(jīng)在我們自己的大門的邪惡勢(shì)力不可否認(rèn)的事實(shí)。你的政府對(duì)他們很了解，每一天都是找出這些錯(cuò)誤。他們的秘密使者都是我們自己和周邊國(guó)家的活動(dòng)。他們?cè)噲D激起猜疑和糾紛，造成內(nèi)亂。他們?cè)噲D把資本和勞動(dòng)，反之亦然。他們?cè)噲D喚醒沉睡的種族和宗教仇恨長(zhǎng)應(yīng)已在這個(gè)國(guó)家沒有的地方。他們?cè)诿恳唤M中，促進(jìn)不耐受是活躍的。他們利用自己結(jié)束自己的天然憎惡戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。這些麻煩的飼養(yǎng)者的目的只有一個(gè)。它是把我們的人，把他們分為敵對(duì)的團(tuán)體和破壞我們的團(tuán)結(jié)，粉碎了我們會(huì)為自己辯護(hù)。

也有美國(guó)公民，他們中的許多人在高的地方，誰，不知不覺地在大多數(shù)情況下，是協(xié)助及教唆這些藥物的工作。我不收這些美國(guó)公民和外國(guó)代理人。但我卻指控他們做這樣的工作，獨(dú)裁的人們想在美國(guó)做的。這些人不僅相信我們可以通過關(guān)閉我們的眼睛，其他國(guó)家的命運(yùn)，拯救我們自己的皮膚。他們中的一些人遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止這些。他們說，我們可以而且應(yīng)該成為朋友，甚至是軸心國(guó)伙伴。他們中的一些人甚至認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該效法的獨(dú)裁統(tǒng)治的方法。但美國(guó)人永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)那樣做。

過去兩年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)已經(jīng)證明，毫無疑問，沒有一個(gè)國(guó)家能安撫納粹。沒有人能馴服老虎變成一只小貓撫摸它。對(duì)殘暴行為是不能姑息。有可以用燃燒彈沒有推理。現(xiàn)在我們知道，一個(gè)國(guó)家可以與納粹分子只有在徹底投降的代價(jià)的和平。即使意大利人被迫成為納粹同謀;但他們此刻不知道很快他們將接受死亡，他們的盟友。

不管是在美國(guó)和奧地利，捷克斯洛伐克，波蘭，挪威，比利時(shí)，命運(yùn)發(fā)現(xiàn)警告荷蘭，丹麥，法國(guó)。他們告訴你，軸心國(guó)要贏得;世界上所有的流血的事件是可以被挽救的，美國(guó)或許也將影響到一個(gè)支配的和平的規(guī)模和得到最好的，我們可以。他們稱之為"和平談判的廢話。"!這是一個(gè)和平談判如果一伙不法之徒包圍你的社區(qū)和滅絕的威脅讓你表示敬意，拯救自己的皮膚?這種支配的和平就沒有和平。它只會(huì)是另一個(gè)停戰(zhàn)，導(dǎo)致整個(gè)歷史中最巨大的軍備競(jìng)賽和最具破壞性的貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)。在這些比賽美洲將軸功率提供的唯一真正的阻力。他們所有的自負(fù)的效率，與他們所有的游行的虔誠(chéng)的目的在這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，仍有其背景中的鏈的集中營(yíng)里，神的仆人。

近幾年來的歷史證明，槍擊鏈和集中營(yíng)的不僅僅是短暫的工具，但現(xiàn)代獨(dú)裁統(tǒng)治的祭壇。他們可以說是一個(gè)"新秩序"的世界，但他們心目中只有一個(gè)復(fù)興的最古老和最壞的暴君。在沒有自由，沒有宗教，沒有希望。所提出的"新秩序"是一個(gè)美國(guó)的歐洲或美國(guó)亞洲恰恰相反。它不是一個(gè)政府基于人民的同意。這不是一個(gè)普通的聯(lián)盟，自尊的男人和女人來保護(hù)自己和自己的自由和尊嚴(yán)的壓迫。這是一個(gè)邪惡聯(lián)盟的權(quán)力和財(cái)富支配和奴役人類。

英國(guó)人和他們的盟友，現(xiàn)在正在進(jìn)行積極的對(duì)抗這邪惡聯(lián)盟。我們自己的未來的安全在很大程度上取決于這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)斗的結(jié)果。我們的"不戰(zhàn)"的能力將取決于這個(gè)結(jié)果。思想上的今天和明天，我將直接聲明美國(guó)人民有更少的機(jī)會(huì)，美國(guó)進(jìn)入戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，如果我們所做的一切都是我們現(xiàn)在可以支持國(guó)家保衛(wèi)自己免受攻擊的軸比如果我們接受他們的失敗，提交馴順的軸線的勝利，和等待我們的將是在后來的另一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)攻擊的對(duì)象。

如果我們對(duì)自己誠(chéng)實(shí)，我們必須承認(rèn)有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的任何過程中我們可以采取。但我深信，我國(guó)絕大多數(shù)人同意，我提倡的課程包括風(fēng)險(xiǎn)最小的現(xiàn)在和未來世界和平的最大希望的。

歐洲的人民在捍衛(wèi)自己，不要求我們替他們打仗。他們問我們的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，實(shí)現(xiàn)了飛機(jī)，坦克，大炮，貨船，使他們能為自己的自由和我們的安全而戰(zhàn)。重點(diǎn)，我們必須把這些武器給他們，讓他們?cè)谧銐蛄康难杆僮阋允刮覀兒臀覀兊暮⒆訉⒈槐４娴耐纯嗪涂嚯y的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，其他人不得不忍受。

不要讓失敗主義者告訴我們，它是太晚了。它將不會(huì)早。明天要比今天更遲。

一定的事實(shí)是不言而喻的。

在軍事上說，英國(guó)和英帝國(guó)的今天是抵抗征服世界的先鋒。他們堅(jiān)持戰(zhàn)斗，這將永遠(yuǎn)活在人類的勇敢的故事。沒有要求美國(guó)派遠(yuǎn)征軍到國(guó)外。有沒有意向你們政府的任何成員發(fā)送這樣的力量。你可以因此，釘，釘約出兵歐洲任何故意不說話。我們的國(guó)家政策不是走向戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。它的唯一目的是讓戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)離開我們的國(guó)家和我們的人民遠(yuǎn)離。

民主的反對(duì)征服全世界正在幫助很大，必須更多的幫助很大，由美國(guó)重整軍備和發(fā)送的每一盎司和軍需供應(yīng)每噸，我們可以備用幫助那些在前線守軍。這是沒有更多的中性點(diǎn)為我們做的比它是瑞典，俄羅斯，德國(guó)和其他國(guó)家附近把鋼鐵、礦石、石油和其他戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)物資到德國(guó)一禮拜中的每一天。

我們最緊迫的我們自己的防衛(wèi)計(jì)劃，并在其龐大的規(guī)模就必須把英國(guó)和其他自由國(guó)家抵抗侵略戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的需要。這不是一個(gè)問題，情緒或有爭(zhēng)議的個(gè)人意見。這是一個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)的，實(shí)際的軍事政策，基于我們的軍事專家誰有緊密的聯(lián)系，與現(xiàn)有的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的建議。這些軍事和海軍專家和國(guó)會(huì)的成員和政府有一個(gè)專一的目的：美國(guó)的防御。

這個(gè)國(guó)家正在產(chǎn)生的一切，在這緊急需要很大的努力，并盡速。這種努力需要偉大的犧牲。我會(huì)讓無人防守的民主又不會(huì)保衛(wèi)每個(gè)人對(duì)抗國(guó)家要與貧困。這個(gè)國(guó)家的強(qiáng)度不應(yīng)以政府未能保護(hù)其公民的經(jīng)濟(jì)福祉稀釋。如果我們的生產(chǎn)能力是有限的機(jī)器，它將永遠(yuǎn)記得這些機(jī)器的技能和工人的體力工作。

作為政府決意保護(hù)工人的權(quán)利，因此，國(guó)家有權(quán)要求人的機(jī)器將履行其全權(quán)防御的迫切需要。工人們擁有相同的人格尊嚴(yán)和有權(quán)的位置相同的安全工程師或經(jīng)理或老板。為員工提供人力，原來的驅(qū)逐艦，和飛機(jī)，坦克和。國(guó)家希望我們的國(guó)防工業(yè)繼續(xù)運(yùn)行不受罷工或停工中斷。預(yù)計(jì)，堅(jiān)持管理和員工將自愿或法律手段調(diào)和他們之間的分歧，繼續(xù)生產(chǎn)，所以急需的物資。在我們偉大的防御計(jì)劃，經(jīng)濟(jì)方面我們是，你知道的，彎曲的一切努力，生活成本的穩(wěn)定性保持穩(wěn)定的價(jià)格。

九天前我宣布建立一個(gè)更有效的組織來指導(dǎo)我們的巨大努力增加軍_生產(chǎn)。的巨額資金撥款和協(xié)調(diào)執(zhí)行方向我們的防御措施本身并不足夠。槍炮，飛機(jī)，船舶和其他許多事情都必須建立在工廠和美國(guó)的核武庫。他們必須由工人和管理人員和工程師制作的這反過來又是由成千上萬的工人在陸地的機(jī)器的幫助。在這個(gè)偉大的工作已經(jīng)有政府、行業(yè)和勞動(dòng)之間的良好合作。我很感激。

美國(guó)工業(yè)界的天才，無與倫比的全世界的生產(chǎn)問題的解決，已經(jīng)呼吁，將以其聰明才智為行動(dòng)。的手表制造商，農(nóng)具，對(duì)linotypes和收銀機(jī)和汽車，和縫紉機(jī)和割草機(jī)和機(jī)車，現(xiàn)在使熔斷器和炸彈的包裝箱和望遠(yuǎn)鏡支架和貝殼和槍和坦克。

但我們所有的努力是不夠的。我們必須有更多的船只，更多的槍，更多的飛機(jī)——更多的東西。這可以當(dāng)我們拋棄了"照常營(yíng)業(yè)的概念。"這工作不能由疊加在現(xiàn)有的生產(chǎn)設(shè)施，增加國(guó)防的需要僅僅做。我們的防守努力不要被那些擔(dān)心將來工廠生產(chǎn)能力過剩的后果的封鎖。我們的防御措施失效的可能后果現(xiàn)在更是可怕的。在我們的國(guó)防需求現(xiàn)狀是過去，正確處理國(guó)家的和平時(shí)期，需要將要求所有新的生產(chǎn)能力，如果不是更。沒有對(duì)美國(guó)前途悲觀的政策應(yīng)當(dāng)延緩這些行業(yè)必不可少的防御即時(shí)擴(kuò)張。我們需要他們。

我想說清楚，它的目的是現(xiàn)在盡快地建立每一臺(tái)機(jī)器，每一個(gè)阿森納，每一個(gè)工廠，我們需要我們的國(guó)防材料制造。我們有人，技能，財(cái)富，最重要的是，將。我相信，如果在某些行業(yè)的生產(chǎn)消費(fèi)品和奢侈品需要機(jī)器，用于國(guó)防目的是必不可少的原料使用，那么這樣的生產(chǎn)一定產(chǎn)量，而且會(huì)心甘情愿地，我們的主要的和令人信服的目的。

因此我號(hào)召工廠的業(yè)主，對(duì)管理人員，對(duì)工人，我們自己的政府雇員把一點(diǎn)一滴的努力為生產(chǎn)軍_和毫不吝惜地。這一呼吁我給你的承諾，我們所有的人都是你的政府官員將致力于同全心全意地去謊言的偉大任務(wù)。

由于生產(chǎn)，大炮和炮彈的政府，它的國(guó)防專家，可以決定如何最好地使用它們來保衛(wèi)這個(gè)半球。決定把多少將被派往國(guó)外，多少要留在家里，必須對(duì)我們的整體軍事用品的基礎(chǔ)上。

我們必須成為民主國(guó)家的兵工廠。

對(duì)我們來說這是緊急和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)本身一樣嚴(yán)重。我們必須致力于我們的任務(wù)具有相同的分辨率，同樣的緊迫感，同樣的愛國(guó)主義精神和犧牲，我們將展示我們的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

我們已經(jīng)給英國(guó)偉大的物質(zhì)上的支持，我們將為今后更遠(yuǎn)。將不會(huì)有"瓶頸"決心幫助英國(guó)。沒有獨(dú)裁的人，沒有結(jié)合的獨(dú)裁的人，將削弱的威脅，確定如何解釋，測(cè)定。英國(guó)已收到從英雄的希臘軍隊(duì)從流亡在外的所有政府軍隊(duì)寶貴的軍事支持。他們的力量是成長(zhǎng)。這是男人和女人誰珍惜他們的自由生活比他們的價(jià)值更高的強(qiáng)度。

我相信，軸心國(guó)不會(huì)贏得這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。我相信最新和最好的信息庫。

我們沒有理由失敗。我們有理由希望——希望和平，是的，希望對(duì)我們文明的防御和在未來更好的文明建設(shè)。我認(rèn)為美國(guó)人民現(xiàn)在決定提出一個(gè)更強(qiáng)大的力量比他們?cè)?jīng)還增加我們的防御所有實(shí)現(xiàn)生產(chǎn)的信念，以滿足我們的民主信仰的威脅。

作為美國(guó)總統(tǒng)，我呼吁國(guó)家的努力。我叫它在這個(gè)國(guó)家，我們的愛和尊敬，我們很榮幸和驕傲的服務(wù)名稱。我號(hào)召我們的人民有絕對(duì)的信心，我們共同的事業(yè)將極大的成功。

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good evening, everybody. i just want to make a fewbrief comments about the attacks across paristonight. once again, we"ve seen an outrageousattempt to terrorize innocent civilians. this is anattack not just on paris, it"s an attack not just on thepeople of france, but this is an attack on all ofhumanity and the universal values that we share.

we stand prepared and ready to provide whateverassistance that the government and the people offrance need to respond. france is our oldest ally.the french people have stood shoulder to shoulder with the united states time and again.and we want to be very clear that we stand together with them in the fight against terrorismand e_tremism.

paris itself represents the timeless values of human progress. those who think that they canterrorize the people of france or the values that they stand for are wrong. the american peopledraw strength from the french people"s commitment to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.we are reminded in this time of tragedy that the bonds of liberté and égalité and fraternité arenot only values that the french people care so deeply about, but they are values that we share.and those values are going to endure far beyond any act of terrorism or the hateful vision ofthose who perpetrated the crimes this evening.

we"re going to do whatever it takes to work with the french people and with nations around theworld to bring these terrorists to justice, and to go after any terrorist networks that go after ourpeople.

we don"t yet know all the details of what has happened. we have been in contact with frenchofficials to communicate our deepest condolences to the families of those who have beenkilled, to offer our prayers and thoughts to those who have been wounded. we have offered ourfull support to them. the situation is still unfolding. i"ve chosen not to call president hollande atthis time, because my e_pectation is that he"s very busy at the moment. i actually, bycoincidence, was talking to him earlier today in preparation for the g20 meeting. but i amconfident that i"ll be in direct communications with him in the ne_t few days, and we"ll becoordinating in any ways that they think are helpful in the investigation of what"s happened.

this is a heartbreaking situation. and obviously those of us here in the united states know whatit"s like. we"ve gone through these kinds of episodes ourselves. and whenever these kinds ofattacks happened, we"ve always been able to count on the french people to stand with us. theyhave been an e_traordinary counterterrorism partner, and we intend to be there with themin that same fashion.

i"m sure that in the days ahead we"ll learn more about e_actly what happened, and my teamswill make sure that we are in communication with the press to provide you accurateinformation. i don"t want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this. itappears that there may still be live activity and dangers that are taking place as we speak. andso until we know from french officials that the situation is under control, and we have for moreinformation about it, i don"t want to speculate.

thank you very much.

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hello, cbc! (applause.) thank you so much. everybody, have a seat. it is good to be with you here tonight. if it wasn’t black tie i would have worn my tan suit. (laughter.) i thought it looked good. (laughter.)

thank you, chaka, for that introduction. thanks to all of you for having me here this evening. iwant to acknowledge the members of the congressional black caucus and chairwoman marciafudge for their outstanding work. (applause.) thank you, shuanise washington, and the cbcfoundation for doing so much to help our young people aim high and reach their potential.

tonight, i want to begin by paying special tribute to a man with whom all of you have workedclosely with; someone who served his country for nearly 40 years as a prosecutor, as a judge,and as attorney general of the united states: mr. eric holder. (applause.) throughout his longcareer in public service, eric has built a powerful legacy of making sure that equal justice underthe law actually means something; that it applies to everybody -- regardless of race, or gender,or religion, or color, creed, disability, se_ual orientation. he has been a great friend of mine.he has been a faithful servant of the american people. we will miss him badly. (applause.)

this year, we’ve been marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. we honor giants likejohn lewis -- (applause); unsung heroines like evelyn lowery. we honor the countlessamericans, some who are in this room -- black, white, students, scholars, preachers,housekeepers, patriots all, who, with their bare hands, reached into the well of our nation’sfounding ideals and helped to nurture a more perfect union. we’ve reminded ourselves thatprogress is not just absorbing what has been done -- it’s advancing what’s left undone.

even before president johnson signed the civil rights act into law, even as the debate draggedon in the senate, he was already challenging america to do more and march further, to builda great society -- one, johnson said, “where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will gounschooled. where no man who wants work will fail to find it. where no citizen will be barredfrom any door because of his birthplace or his color or his church. where peace and security iscommon among neighbors and possible among nations.” “this is the world that waits for you,”he said. “reach out for it now. join the fight to finish the unfinished work.” to finish theunfinished work.

america has made stunning progress since that time, over the past 50 years -- even over thepast five years. but it is the unfinished work that drives us forward.

some of our unfinished work lies beyond our borders. america is leading the effort to rally theworld against russian aggression in ukraine. america is leading the fight to contain andcombat ebola in africa. america is building and leading the coalition that will degrade andultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. as americans, we are leading, and wedon’t shy away from these responsibilities; we welcome them. (applause.) that’s what americadoes. and we are grateful to the men and women in uniform who put themselves in harm’sway in service of the country that we all love. (applause.)

so we’ve got unfinished work overseas, but we’ve got some unfinished work right here athome. (applause.) after the worst economic crisis since the great depression, our businesseshave now created 10 million new jobs over the last 54 months. this is the longest uninterruptedstretch of job growth in our history. (applause.) in our history. but we understand our work isnot done until we get the kind of job creation that means everybody who wants work can a findjob.

we’ve done some work on health care, too. i don’t know if you’ve noticed. thanks to theaffordable care act, we’ve seen a 26 percent decline in the uninsured rate in america. (applause.) african americans have seen a 30 percent decline. and, by the way, the cost ofhealth care isn’t going up as fast anymore either. everybody was predicting this was all going tobe so e_pensive. we’ve saved $800 billion -- (applause) -- in medicare because of the work thatwe’ve done -- slowing the cost, improving quality, and improving access. despite unyieldingopposition, this change has happened just in the last couple years.

but we know our work is not yet done until we get into more communities, help more uninsuredfolks get covered, especially in those states where the governors aren’t being quite ascooperative as we’d like them to be. (applause.) you know who you are. it always puzzles mewhen you decide to take a stand to make sure poor folks in your state can’t get healthinsurance even though it doesn’t cost you a dime. that doesn’t make much sense to me, but iwon’t go on on that topic. (applause.) we’ve got more work to do.

it’s easy to take a stand when you’ve got health insurance. (laughter and applause.) i’mgoing off script now, but -- (laughter) -- that’s what happens at the cbc.

our high school graduation rate is at a record high, the dropout rate is falling, more youngpeople are earning college degrees than ever before. last year, the number of children living inpoverty fell by 1.4 million -- the largest decline since 1966. (applause.) since i took office,the overall crime rate and the overall incarceration rate has gone down by about 10 percent.that’s the first time they’ve declined at the same time in more than 40 years. fewer folks injail. crime still going down. (applause.)

but our work is not done when too many children live in crumbling neighborhoods, cyclingthrough substandard schools, traumatized by daily violence. our work is not done whenworking americans of all races have seen their wages and incomes stagnate, even as corporateprofits soar; when african-american unemployment is still twice as high as whiteunemployment; when income inequality, on the rise for decades, continues to hold backhardworking communities, especially communities of color. we’ve got unfinished work. and weknow what to do. that’s the worst part -- we know what to do.

we know we’ve got to invest in infrastructure, and manufacturing, and research anddevelopment that creates new jobs. we’ve got to keep rebuilding a middle class economy withladders of opportunity, so that hard work pays off and you see higher wages and higherincomes, and fair pay for women doing the same work as men, and workplace fle_ibility forparents in case a child gets sick or a parent needs some help. (applause.) we’ve got to buildmore promise zones partnerships to support local revitalization of hard-hit communities. we’vegot to keep investing in early education. we want to bring preschool to every four-year-old inthis country. (applause.) and we want every child to have an e_cellent teacher. and we want toinvest in our community colleges and e_pand pell grants for more students. and i’m going tokeep working with you to make college more affordable. because every child in america, nomatter who she is, no matter where she’s born, no matter how much money her parents have,ought to be able to fulfill her god-given potential. that’s what we believe. (applause.)

so i just want everybody to understand -- we have made enormous progress. there’s almostno economic measure by which we are not better off than when i took office. (applause.)unemployment down. deficits down. uninsured down. poverty down. energy production up.manufacturing back. auto industry back. but -- and i just list these things just so if you have adiscussion with one of your friends -- (laughter) -- and they’re confused. stock market up.corporate balance sheet strong. in fact, the folks who are doing the best, they’re the ones whocomplain the most. (laughter and applause.) so you can just point these things out.

but we still have to close these opportunity gaps. and we have to close the justice gap -- howjustice is applied, but also how it is perceived, how it is e_perienced. (applause.) eric holderunderstands this. (applause.) that’s what we saw in ferguson this summer, when michaelbrown was killed and a community was divided. we know that the unrest continues. and ericspent some time with the residents and police of ferguson, and the department of justice hasindicated that its civil rights investigation is ongoing.

now, i won’t comment on the investigation. i know that michael’s family is here tonight. (applause.) i know that nothing any of us can say can ease the grief of losing a child so soon.but the anger and the emotion that followed his death awakened our nation once again to thereality that people in this room have long understood, which is, in too many communitiesaround the country, a gulf of mistrust e_ists between local residents and law enforcement.

too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement, guilty of walking while black,or driving while black, judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness.we know that, statistically, in everything from enforcing drug policy to applying the deathpenalty to pulling people over, there are significant racial disparities. that’s just the statistics.one recent poll showed that the majority of americans think the criminal justice systemdoesn’t treat people of all races equally. think about that. that’s not just blacks, not justlatinos or asians or native americans saying things may not be unfair. that’s most americans.

and that has a corrosive effect -- not just on the black community; it has a corrosive effect onamerica. it harms the communities that need law enforcement the most. it makes folks whoare victimized by crime and need strong policing reluctant to go to the police because theymay not trust them. and the worst part of it is it scars the hearts of our children. it scars thehearts of the white kids who grow unnecessarily fearful of somebody who doesn’t look likethem. it stains the heart of black children who feel as if no matter what he does, he will alwaysbe under suspicion. that is not the society we want. it’s not the society that our childrendeserve. (applause.) whether you’re black or white, you don’t want that for america.

it was interesting -- ferguson was used by some of america’s enemies and critics to deflectattention from their shortcomings overseas; to undermine our efforts to promote justicearound the world. they said, well, look at what’s happened to you back home.

but as i said this week at the united nations, america is special not because we’re perfect;america is special because we work to address our problems, to make our union more perfect.we fight for more justice. (applause.) we fight to cure what ails us. we fight for our ideals, andwe’re willing to criticize ourselves when we fall short. and we address our differences in theopen space of democracy -- with respect for the rule of law; with a place for people of everyrace and religion; and with an unyielding belief that people who love their country can changeit. that’s what makes us special -- not because we don’t have problems, but because we work tofi_ them. and we will continue to work to fi_ this.

and to that end, we need to help communities and law enforcement build trust, buildunderstanding, so that our neighborhoods stay safe and our young people stay on track. andunder the leadership of attorney general eric holder, the justice department has launched anational effort to do just that. he’s also been working to make the criminal justice systemsmarter and more effective by addressing unfair sentencing disparities, changing departmentpolicies on charging mandatory minimums, promoting stronger reentry programs for thosewho have paid their debt to society. (applause.)

and we need to address the unique challenges that make it hard for some of our young peopleto thrive. for all the success stories that e_ist in a room like this one, we all know relatives,classmates, neighbors who were just as smart as we were, just as capable as we were, bornwith the same light behind their eyes, the same joy, the same curiosity about the world -- butsomehow they didn’t get the support they needed, or the encouragement they needed, orthey made a mistake, or they missed an opportunity; they weren’t able to overcome theobstacles that they faced.

and so, in february, we launched my brother’s keeper. (applause.) and i was the first one toacknowledge government can’t play the only, or even the primary, role in the lives of ourchildren. but what we can do is bring folks together, and that’s what we’re doing --philanthropies, business leaders, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, mayors, educators, athletes, andthe youth themselves -- to e_amine how can we ensure that our young men have the tools theyneed to achieve their full potential.

and ne_t week, i’m launching my brother’s keeper community challenge, asking everycommunity in the country -- big cities and small towns, rural counties, tribal nations -- topublicly commit to implementing strategies that will ensure all young people can succeed,starting from the cradle, all the way to college and a career. it’s a challenge to local leaders tofollow the evidence and use the resources on what works for our kids. and we’ve already got100 mayors, county officials, tribal leaders, democrats, republicans signed on. and we’re goingto keep on signing them up in the coming weeks and months. (applause.) but they’re going toneed you -- elected leaders, business leaders, community leaders -- to make this effortsuccessful. we need all of us to come together to help all of our young people address thevariety of challenges they face.

and we’re not forgetting about the girls, by the way. i got two daughters -- i don’t know if younoticed. (laughter.) african american girls are more likely than their white peers also to besuspended, incarcerated, physically harassed. black women struggle every day with biases thatperpetuate oppressive standards for how they’re supposed to look and how they’re supposedto act. too often, they’re either left under the hard light of scrutiny, or cloaked in a kind ofinvisibility.

so in addition to the new efforts on my brother’s keeper, the white house council for womenand girls has for years been working on issues affecting women and girls of color, fromviolence against women, to pay equity, to access to health care. and you know michelle hasbeen working on that. (applause.) because she doesn’t think our daughters should be treateddifferently than anybody else’s son. i’ve got a vested interest in making sure that our daughtershave the same opportunities as boys do. (applause.)

so that’s the world we’ve got to reach for -- the world where every single one of our childrenhas the opportunity to pursue their measure of happiness. that’s our unfinished work. andwe’re going to have to fight for it. we’ve got to stand up for it. and we have to vote for it. wehave to vote for it. (applause.)

all around the country, wherever i see folks, they always say, oh, barack, we’re praying for you-- boy, you’re so great; look, you got all gray hair, you looking tired. (laughter.) we’re prayingfor you. which i appreciate. (laughter.) but i tell them, after president johnson signed thecivil rights act, he immediately moved on to what he called “the meat in the coconut” -- avoting rights act bill. and some of his administration argued that’s too much, it’s too soon.but the movement knew that if we rested after the civil rights act, then all we could do waspray that somebody would enforce those rights. (applause.)

so whenever i hear somebody say they’re praying for me, i say “thank you.” thank you -- ibelieve in the power of prayer. but we know more than prayer. we need to vote. (applause.)we need to vote. that will be helpful. it will not relieve me of my gray hair, but it will help mepass some bills. (laughter.)

because people refused to give in when it was hard, we get to celebrate the 50th anniversaryof the voting rights act ne_t year. until then, we’ve got to protect it. we can’t just celebrateit; we’ve got to protect it. because there are people still trying to pass voter id laws to makeit harder for folks to vote. and we’ve got to get back to our schools and our offices and ourchurches, our beauty shops, barber shops, and make sure folks know there’s an electioncoming up, they need to know how to register, and they need to know how and when to vote.

we’ve got to tell them to push back against the cynics; prove everybody wrong who says thatchange isn’t possible. cynicism does not fi_ anything. cynicism is very popular in americasometimes. it’s propagated in the media. but cynicism didn’t put anybody on the moon.cynicism didn’t pass the voting rights act. hope is what packed buses full of freedom riders.hope is what led thousands of black folks and white folks to march from selma to montgomery.hope is what got john lewis off his back after being beaten within an inch of his life, and choseto keep on going. (applause.)

cynicism is a choice, but hope is a better choice. and our job right now is to convince thepeople who are privileged to represent to join us in finishing that fight that folks like johnstarted. get those souls to the polls. e_ercise their right to vote. and if we do, then iguarantee you we’ve got a brighter future ahead.

thank you, god bless you. keep praying. but go out there and vote. god bless america. (applause.)

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mr president,

prince philip and i would like to thank you and frau schadt for the warm welcome you havegiven us at the start of our fifth state visit to germany. in the 50 years since our first visit, ourcountries have lived through many profound changes. i am very glad to record that one of theirreversible changes for the better in my lifetime has been in the relationship between theunited kingdom and germany.

mr president, it falls to a head of state to lead a nation in the marking of anniversaries. everymonth this year we commemorate either the centenary of a momentous event in the firstworld war; the 70th anniversary of a milestone at the end of the second world war; or, herein germany, 25 years of reunification following the fall of the wall which divided this city andthis nation for so long.

but, tonight, i would also like to cast back rather further in time. last week in a water-meadow by the river thames, i attended an event to celebrate the 800th anniversary of themagna carta. of course, in common with other events in our remote history, the precise factsof 1215 are disputed. the consequences of the agreement between king john and his barons,however, are not disputed: for the first time we established in england that no man should beabove the law and that individuals as well as rulers have rights. thus began the long, slow andinterrupted process of our country"s evolution into a democracy.

tomorrow i shall visit st paul"s church, where the first freely-elected legislature in germanymet in 1848. the frankfurt parliament turned out to be a false dawn; it took another centuryand the loss of the most terrible wars in history to set germany on the path of democracy.

earlier this year my cousins visited germany to mark with you, mr president, more recent andpainful anniversaries. the duke of kent visited dresden and the duke of gloucester visitedbergen-belsen. i myself shall visit bergen-belsen on friday. these visits underline the completereconciliation between our countries.

germany has reconciled with all her neighbours. i pay tribute to the work of the germanstatesmen since the second world war who reinvented germany and helped to rebuild europe.i met chancellor adenauer at windsor in 1958. he rejected the idea of a neutral germany,preferring to anchor germany in the west. his successors took up the challenge of unitinggermany as a member of all the institutions of europe and the west.

since 1945 the united kingdom has determined to number among germany"s very strongestfriends in europe. in the intervening decades, britain and germany have achieved so much byworking together. i have every confidence that we will continue to do so in the years ahead.

since berlin and germany were reunited there has been much to celebrate. today i cruisedwith you, mr president, along the spree. i saw fewer cranes than when i was last here in 2024.but still the most magnificent element of berlin"s skyline is the reichstag dome, an enduringreminder of our cultural cooperation. our work together includes every part of life, frompolitics to commerce, from industry to every aspect of the arts, in particular, music,museums and education.

we also saw a wonderful e_ample of partnership in education and science during our visit to thetechnical university this afternoon. the enthusiasm and interest our students and youngpeople have for each other"s ideas and work is our greatest asset: the ne_t generation is at easewith itself and with contemporaries across europe in a way that was never the case before.

the united kingdom has always been closely involved in its continent. even when our mainfocus was elsewhere in the world, our people played a key part in europe. in the nineteenthcentury in the russian empire a welsh engineer called john hughes founded a mining townwhich is now donetsk in ukraine. and in the seventeenth century a scottish publican calledrichard cant moved his family to pomerania; his son moved further east to memel and hisgrandson then moved south to k?nigsberg, where richard"s great-grandson, immanuel kant,was born.

in our lives, mr president, we have seen the worst but also the best of our continent. we havewitnessed how quickly things can change for the better. but we know that we must work hardto maintain the benefits of the post-war world. we know that division in europe is dangerousand that we must guard against it in the west as well as in the east of our continent. thatremains a common endeavour.

ladies and gentlemen, i ask you to rise and drink a toast to the president and the people ofgermany.

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hi, everybody. sunday is father"s day. if you haven"t got dad a gift yet, there"s still time. just barely. but the truth is, what we give our fathers can never match what our fathers give us.

i know how important it is to have a dad in your life, because i grew up without my father around. i felt the weight of his absence. so for michelle and our girls, i try every day to be the husband and father my family didn"t have when i was young. and every chance i get, i encourage fathers to get more involved in their children"s lives, because what makes you a man isn"t the ability to have a child – it"s the courage to raise one.

still, over the past couple years, i"ve met with a lot of young people who don"t have a father figure around. and while there"s nothing that can replace a parent, any of us can do our part to be a mentor, a sounding board, a role model for a kid who needs one. earlier this year, i launched an initiative called my brother"s keeper – an all-hands-on-deck effort to help more of our young men reach their full potential. and if you want to be a mentor to a young man in your community, you can find out how at whitehouse.gov/mybrotherskeeper.

now, when i launched this initiative, i said that government can"t play the primary role in a young person"s life. taking responsibility for being a great parent or mentor is a choice that we, as individuals, have to make. no government program can ever take the place of a parent"s love. still, as a country, there are ways we can help support dads and moms who make that choice.

that"s why, earlier this week, we brought working dads from across america to the white house to talk about the challenges they face. and in a few weeks, i"ll hold the first-ever white house working families summit. we"ve still got too many workplace policies that belong in the 1950s, and it"s time to bring them up to date for today"s families, where oftentimes, both parents are working. moms and dads deserve affordable child care, and time off to care for a sick parent or child without running into hardship. women deserve equal pay for equal work – and at a time when more women are breadwinners for a family, that benefits men, too. and because no parent who works full-time should have to raise a family in poverty, it"s time for congress to follow the lead of state after state, get on the bandwagon, and give america a raise.

dads work hard. so our country should do what we can to make sure their hard work pays off; to make sure life for them and their families is a little less stressful, and a little more secure, so they can be the dads their kids need them to be. because there"s nothing more precious in life than the time we spend with our children. there"s no better feeling than knowing that we can be there for them, and provide for them, and help give them every shot at success.

let"s make sure every dad who works hard and takes responsibility has the chance to know that feeling, not just on one sunday, but every day of the year.

thanks everybody, happy father"s day, and have a great weekend.

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first, i"d like to thank the commission and my opponents for participating in these debates and making them possible. i think the real winners of the debates were the american people. i was especially moved in richmond a few days ago, when 209 of our fellow citizens got to ask us questions. they went a long way toward reclaiming this election for the american people and taking their country back. i want to say, since this is the last time, i"ll be on platform with my opponents, that even though, i disagree with mr. perot on how fast we can reduce the deficit and how much we can increase ta_es in the middle class, i really respect what he"s done in this campaign to bring the issue of deficit reduction to our attention. i"d like to say that mr. bush even though i have got profound differences with him, i do honor his service to our country. i appreciate his efforts and i wish him well. i just believe it"s time to change.

i offer a new approach. it"s not trickle-down economics. it"s been tried for 12 years and it"s failed. more people are working harder, for less, 100,000 people a month losing their health insurance, unemployment going up, our economics slowing down. we can do better, and it"s not ta_ and spend economics. it"s invest and grow, put our people first, control health care costs and provide basic health care to all americans, have an education system second to none, and revitalize the private economy. that is my commitment to you. it is the kind of change that can open up a whole world of opportunities toward the 21st century.

i want a country where people, who work hard and play by the rules, are rewarded, not punished. i want a country where people are coming together across the lines of race and region and income. i know we can do better. it won"t take miracles and it won"t happen overnight, but we can do much, much better, if we have the courage to change.

thank you very much.

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the president: hello, st. paul! (applause.) it is good to be back in minnesota. (applause.)

audience member: we love you!

the president: i love you back. that’s why i came here. good to see you.

although, can i just say that when we got off the plane, secretary fo__, who is from northcarolina, turned to me and he said, this is the coldest i’ve ever been in my life. (laughter.)now, we were only out there for like a minute -- (laughter) -- which goes to show how soft thesefolks from north carolina are when it comes to the weather. (laughter and applause). i, on theother hand, am from chicago -- (applause) -- i walked off those stairs and i was like, this isbalmy, this is great. (laughter.) february, in minnesota -- can’t beat it. cannot beat it.

now, in addition to secretary fo__, who i want to -- give him a big round of applause forthat introduction. (applause.) you’ve two champions for the people of minnesota who are heretoday. you’ve got representative betty mccollum -- (applause) -- and representative keithellison. (applause.) you’ve got your mayor, chris coleman, in the house. (applause.) the newmayor of minneapolis, betsy hodges, is here. (applause.) and my great friend, who actually toldme i was running for president before i knew i was running for president -- r.t. rybak. lovethat name. (applause.) where’s r.t.?

now, i want to thank everybody who showed me around union depot and gave me apreview of this new light rail line. it is fantastic. (applause.) and i also just want to say --even though he’s not here today -- i want to say to everybody how michelle and i have beenkeeping in our thoughts and prayers one of the great americans that we know, as well as agreat minnesotan -- walter mondale. (applause.)

now, like millions of americans, i’ve spent some time with minnesotans lately -- because iwas watching the olympics. (laughter.) minnesota sent 19 athletes to the games. (applause.)that’s tied for second most of any state, and they did us all proud. it is not shocking thatminnesotans might be pretty good at the winter olympics. (laughter.) what is particularlyinteresting is that, once again, the tiny town of warroad proved that it really is hockeytown,usa, thanks to t.j. oshie and gigi marvin, who we’re just so proud of. and t.j.’s shootoutperformance against the russians i might say i enjoyed a lot. (applause.) i tweeted at himabout it.

so we’ve spent some time over the last few weeks on hockey, but i’m not here to talk abouthockey. by the way, i cannot play hockey. (laughter.) i grew up in hawaii -- we do not havehockey in hawaii. but i’m here to talk about what you’re doing in the twin cities, and howyou’re helping to create new jobs and new opportunities for every american.

we are at a moment when our economy is growing. our businesses have created about 8.5million new jobs in the past four years. unemployment is at the lowest it’s been in over fiveyears; in minnesota, it’s lower than it’s been in si_ and a half years. (applause.) and, by theway, you’ve got a great governor who i served with in the senate, mark dayton, who is helpingto make that happen. (applause.)

so in a lot of ways things are looking up. but in some ways, the trends that had beenbattering middle-class families for a long time have gotten even starker, because those at thetop are doing better than ever, while wages and incomes for a lot of families have barelybudged. and too many families are working harder than ever just to keep up. so as i said atthe state of the union address a few weeks back, our job is to reverse those trends. (applause.) we’ve got to build an economy that works for everybody. we’ve got to restoreopportunity for all people, so that no matter who you are, where you come from, what youlook like, you can get ahead if you work hard and you’re responsible.

and so i laid out an opportunity agenda that has four parts. number one, good jobs thatpay good wages in manufacturing, in energy, in innovation and infrastructure. number two,train folks with the skills they need to get those good jobs, something that your senator, alfranken, is doing great work on every single day. he cares a lot about that job training issue. (applause.) number three, guaranteeing every child has access to a world-class education. (applause.) and, number four, making sure that hard work is rewarded with wages you can liveon, and savings you can retire on, and health care you can count on. that’s what we’re fightingfor. (applause.)

minnesota is helping to lead the way on these issues. your state legislature is poised toraise your minimum wage this year. (applause.) in my state of the union address, i called fora new women’s economic agenda. it’s actually a family economic agenda -- equal pay for equalwork, paid sick leave and more. and there are leaders in your state legislature that areworking hard at this, because they know when women succeed, america succeeds. (applause.)

so on all these issues, we’re reaching out to members of congress, looking to see if they’rewilling to work with us on some of these priorities. but what i also said at the state of theunion is, in this year of action, whenever i can partner directly with states or cities or businessleaders or civic leaders to act on this opportunity agenda, i’m going to go ahead and do it.we can’t wait. we’ve got to move. we’ve got to get things going. too many families arecounting on it. (applause.)

so yesterday, i launched new hubs to attract 21st century manufacturing jobs to america.and today, i’m here to launch a new competition for 21st century infrastructure and the jobsthat come with it, because any opportunity agenda begins with creating more good jobs. andone of the fastest and best ways to create good jobs is by rebuilding america’s infrastructure --our roads, our bridges, our rails, our ports, our airports, our schools, our power grids. we’ve gota lot of work to do out there, and we’ve got to put folks to work. (applause.)

one of the most difficult things about the financial crisis we went through was the housingbubble bursting, and construction workers were hammered harder than just about anybody.and while we’ve cut the unemployment rate for construction workers almost in half since2024, too many are still looking for jobs at a time when we’ve got so much that we could putthem to work on rebuilding. we’ve got ports that aren’t ready for the ne_t generation ofsupertankers. we’ve got more than 100,000 bridges that are old enough to qualify formedicare. (laughter.)

everybody knows, and nobody knows better than minnesotans, when we’ve gone through awinter like this, roads are wrecked, full of potholes all across the country. (applause.)

now, other countries are not waiting to rebuild their infrastructure. they’re trying to out-build us today so they can out-compete us tomorrow. as a percentage of gdp, countries likechina, germany, they’re spending about twice what we’re spending in order to buildinfrastructure -- because they know that if they have the fastest trains on the planet or thehighest-rated airports or the busiest, most efficient ports that businesses will go there.

but we don’t want businesses to go there. we want them to come here to minnesota. (applause.) we want them to come here to the united states of america. and that means thebest airports and the best roads and the best trains should be right here in america.

at a time when companies are saying they intend to hire more people this year, we need tomake that decision easier for them. and we can create jobs at the same time, rebuilding ourtransportation systems, our power grids, our communications networks -- all the things thatcommerce relies on and that help get workers to those jobs.

so the bottom line is there’s work to be done, workers ready to do it. rebuilding ourinfrastructure is vital to business. it creates good-paying jobs that, by the way, cannot beoutsourced. (applause.) this is one of congress’s major responsibilities -- helping states andcities fund new infrastructure projects. (applause.)

and part of the reason i’m focused on this is congress has an important deadline comingup. if congress doesn’t finish a transportation bill by the end of the summer, we could seeconstruction projects stop in their tracks, machines sitting idle, workers off the job.

so ne_t week, i’m going to send congress a budget that funds rebuilding ourtransportation infrastructure in a more responsible way -- by doing it over four years, whichgives cities and states and private investors the certainty they need to plan major projects.projects like repairing essential highways and bridges; building new transit systems in fast-growing cities and communities, so folks who live there can get to work and school every dayand spend less time sitting in traffic. (applause.) and we’re going to have to constructsmarter, more resilient transportation systems that can withstand the worst impacts ofclimate change, like bigger surges of water that we’ve seen in recent floods.

so, all told, my transportation budget will support millions of jobs nationwide. and we’llpay for these investments in part by simplifying the ta_ code. we’re going to close wasteful ta_loopholes, lower ta_ rates for businesses that create jobs here at home, stop rewardingcompanies for sending jobs to other countries, use the money we save in this transition tocreate good jobs with good wages rebuilding america. it makes sense. (applause.)

now, i’ll be honest with you, there are leaders in both parties who are willing to reachacross the aisle in congress when it comes to american infrastructure. they know howimportant it is. and infrastructure didn’t use to be a partisan issue -- shouldn’t be democrator republican. everybody uses roads, everybody uses ports, airports. unfortunately, time andagain over the past few years, there have been some republicans in congress who refused toact on common-sense proposals that will create jobs and grow our economy. it’s not thatthey’re -- i guess they don’t like roads; they just don’t want to pay for them. it doesn’t workthat way. you’ve got to come up with a way to get these projects going.

so while congress is deciding what it’s going to do ne_t, i’m just going to go ahead and dowhat i can to create more good jobs. and that’s why i came here to st. paul. (applause.)

because this project symbolizes what’s possible. union depot was renovated and e_pandedwith the help of what we call tiger grants. these are competitive grants that we created aspart of the recovery act, also known as the stimulus, which actually worked despite whateverybody claims. (applause.) so the idea is, if a city or state comes up with a plan tomodernize transportation infrastructure that will have a significant impact on economicactivity, and if they line up other sources of funding to help pay for it, they can win a tigergrant and the federal government becomes a partner with these local communities.

so far, these grants have given a boost to 270 infrastructure projects across all 50 states. (applause.) and you heard secretary fo__ talk about -- these grants are helping cities like laand states like north carolina, and they helped you rebuild this depot into a hub that will bringdifferent modes of transportation together under one roof instead of scattered across the city.amtrak is going to be here. the new metro green line will be here. bus lines will be here. (applause.)

and i just had a chance to take a look at some of those spiffy new trains. (laughter.) theyare nice. and they’re energy efficient. they’re going to be reliable. you can get from onedowntown to the other in a little over 30 minutes instead of when it’s snowing being in trafficfor two hours. (applause.) the trains were made in california, which meant folks were put towork here in the united states building them. (applause.)

and here’s the best part of it: not only have you made a more efficient transportationsystem, cutting down commutes, saving on gas, reducing carbon pollution, but this depot hashelped to boost economic development in lowertown st. paul. (applause.) just across thestreet the old downtown post office building is becoming apartments and shops. all told, morethan 4,000 jobs were created for this project. (applause.) and we’re seeing businesses crop upand new development crop up all along the line.

so everybody is winning. and in part because of some fle_ibility that we showed duringthe planning process, the line is also going to stop in some poor neighborhoods that oftentimeshave difficulty getting to the places where there are jobs. (applause.) so it’s going to help folkswho are willing to work hard, trying to get into the middle class, it helps them get access --helps people get access to opportunity that, up until this point, had a tough time.

so we know this works. today, we’re kicking off the ne_t round of competition for tigergrants. mayors and governors, city councils, state legislatures, all of you who are watching heretoday, if you’ve got a great idea for your city or your state, then let us know your plan. if it willencourage economic activity and support local businesses, and help put people to work, thenyour country is interested in partnering with you.

and tiger grants aren’t the only way that we can help cities like st. paul and minneapolisrebuild their infrastructure. you’ve got -- federal funding helped to build the green line; that’sgoing to make it easier than ever to travel between the two cities. you’ve got more than 5,000construction workers from all over minnesota helping to build it. nearly 200 police officers,train operators and maintenance workers are being hired. and that’s not counting all the jobsthat are being created from the offices and the apartment buildings that are going to be builtalong the line. because the trains stopped at neighborhoods that have access to publictransportation, those folks are going to work. and all of this can be duplicated all across thecountry.

but unfortunately, funding for these projects are going to be in jeopardy unless congresspasses this new transportation bill. so i want everybody to understand. now, the good newsis keith ellison, betty, they’re already onboard. (applause.) they know this needs to happen. alfranken, all over it. some democrats and republicans are already working together to makesure transportation doesn’t -- funding doesn’t run out. and we’re seeing some glimmers ofhope, because this new round of tiger grants was the result of bipartisan cooperation. that’swhat needs to happen when we work together.

but we’re going to need your voices telling a story around the country about why this is soimportant. roads and bridges should not be a partisan issue. more americans should haveaccess to the kind of efficient, affordable transit you’re going to have with the green line. (applause.) there’s no faster way or better way for congress to create jobs right now and togrow our economy right now, and have a positive impact on our economy for decades than ifwe start more projects and finish more projects like this one.

let’s create more good jobs, build smarter schools, better airports, faster railways, betterbroadband networks. let’s educate our kids and our workers better. let’s rebuild an economywhere everybody who is willing to hard has a chance to get ahead. (applause.)

this is the beginning, not the end. we’ve got a lot more rail we got to lay. we’ve got a lotmore roads we got to travel. let’s get going, minnesota.

thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. (applause.)

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the president: hello everybody, and happy holidays.

the first lady: we know how busy this time of year is for everyone, so we’re not going totake much of your time.

but we did want to take a moment to wish you all a merry christmas, from our family to yours.

the president: this is a season for millions of americans to be together with family, tocontinue long-held holiday traditions, and to show our gratitude to those we love. and alongthe way, some of us might even watch a little basketball or eat some christmas cookies, too.

the first lady: here at the white house, over the past few weeks, we’ve had about 70,000people from all across the country come visit us and look at our holiday decorations.

this year’s theme was “gather around: stories of the season.”

and in every room of the house, we tried to tell a story about who we are as americans and howwe celebrate the holidays together.

and we made certain to highlight some of the most powerful stories we know—the stories ofour outstanding troops, veterans, and military families and their service and sacrifice for ourcountry.

the president: our e_traordinary men and women in uniform are serving so that therest of us can enjoy the blessings we cherish during the holidays. but that means many of ourtroops are far from home and far from family. they’re spending some e_tra time on the phonewith their loved ones back home. or they’re setting up video chats so they can watch as thepresents are opened. so today, we want all of our troops to know that you’re in our thoughtsand prayers this holiday season.

and here’s the good news: for many of our troops and newest veterans, this might be the firsttime in years that they’ve been with their families on christmas. in fact, with the iraq war overand the transition in afghanistan, fewer of our men and women in uniform are deployed inharm’s way than at any time in the last decade.

the first lady: and that’s something we all can be thankful for.

and with more and more of our troops back here at home, now it’s our turn to serve—it’s ourturn to step up and show our gratitude for the military families who have given us so much.

and that’s why jill biden and i started our joining forces initiative—to rally all americans tosupport our military families in ways large and small.

and again and again, we have been overwhelmed by the response we’ve gotten as folks fromacross the country have found new ways to give back to these families through their schools,businesses, and houses of worship.

the president: that’s the same spirit of giving that connects all of us during the holidays.so many people all across the country are helping out at soup kitchens, buying gifts for childrenin need, or organizing food or clothing drives for their neighbors. for families like ours, thatservice is a chance to celebrate the birth of christ and live out what he taught us – to love ourneighbors as we would ourselves; to feed the hungry and look after the sick; to be our brother’skeeper and our sister’s keeper. and for all of us as americans, regardless of our faith, those arevalues that can drive us to be better parents and friends, better neighbors and better citizens.

the first lady: so as we look to the new year, let’s pledge ourselves to living out thosevalues by reaching out and lifting up those in our communities who could use a hand up.

the president: so merry christmas, everyone. and from the two of us, as well as malia,sasha, grandma, bo…

the first lady: and sunny, the newest obama.

the president: we wish you all a blessed and safe holiday season.

the first lady: happy holidays everybody, and god bless.

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the president: hello, everybody! (applause.) can everybody please give lisbeth a biground of applause? that was a great introduction. (applause.)

happy halloween, everybody. i see a lot of you came as college students. (applause.)

audience member: we love you!

the president: i love you, too. those of you who have seats, feel free to sit down. those ofyou who don’t, don’t. (laughter.) i am not going to be too long. i’ve got to get back and trick-or-treat tonight with michelle. although, malia and sasha are a little old --

audience: aww --

the president: it’s so sad. (laughter.) i used to be able to -- we’d dress them up, and westill have the pictures. they’ll resent them later, but at the time they were fine with it. theywere so cute.

a good thing about being president is we never run out of presidential m&ms -- (laughter) -- so we’re going to be giving those out.

audience: (inaudible.) (laughter.)

the president: you want some? is that what you said? only to kids. (laughter.)

we’re so proud of lisbeth, not just for the wonderful introduction but for being so determinedabout her education. and she’s a really remarkable young lady. i had a chance to speak to herbefore we came out. it turns out she went to school with my niece and nephew --

audience member: classical!

the president: that’s right. at classical, is that right? so that was neat.

i have also brought some halloween characters with me: our secretary of labor, tom perez. (applause.) they are all dressed up as really outstanding public servants. (laughter.) andtom has just been doing e_traordinary work. his lovely daughter is there, who’s a freshman atbrown. your great senators, jack reed and sheldon whitehouse. (applause.) your outstandingcongressman, david cicilline, is here. (applause.) jim langevin is here. (applause.) and we’reproud of both of them.

but despite how much i love all the folks i just mentioned, the people i really came to see isyou. (applause.) because every decision i make every single day -- all the policies i pursue aspresident -- are all aimed at making sure we restore the promise of this country for yourgeneration and for every generation that comes after.

now, the good news is we’ve made a lot of progress since the worst economic crisis of ourlifetimes. so when i first came into office, the economy was in a freefall, the auto industry wasin a freefall. banks were frozen up. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. over the past 55months, our businesses have now added 10.3 million new jobs. (applause.) for the first time inmore than si_ years, the unemployment rate is below 6 percent. over the past si_ months,our economy has grown at its fastest pace in more than 10 years.

and in education, dropout rates are down, the national graduation rate is the highest on record,more young people are earning their college degrees than ever before. (applause.) good job,young people.

in energy, we’re less dependent on foreign oil than any time in nearly three decades.manufacturing -- the quintessential producer of middle-class jobs, the heart of rhode island’seconomy for decades -- manufacturing has now created 700,000 new jobs since early 2024. tenmillion americans have gained the peace of mind that comes with having health insurance. (applause.)

audience member: thank you!

the president: you’re welcome.

deficits have come down. health care inflation has come down. there’s almost no economicmeasure by which we haven’t made substantial progress over this period of time. we’rebetter off than we were. (applause.)

so, look, the progress has been hard. it’s sometimes been challenging in particular states.but it’s been steady and it’s been real. now, the thing is, though, what’s also true is thatmillions of americans don’t yet feel the benefits of a growing economy where it matters most --and that’s in their own lives. there are still a lot of folks who are working hard, but havingtrouble making ends meet.

i know that many of you are working while you go to school. some of you are helping supportyour parents or siblings. here in rhode island, and across the country, there are still too manypeople who are working too many hours and don’t have enough to show for it. and this isn’tjust the hangover from the great recession; some of this has to do with trends that date back20, 30 years. and i’ve always said that recovering from the crisis of 2024 was the first thing wehad to do, but our economy won’t be healthy until we reverse some of these longer-termtrends, this erosion of middle-class jobs and income.

and here in rhode island, my administration recently announced a grant to help more long-term unemployed folks get the training and mentoring they need to get back to work. (applause.) and all across the country, we’re taking similar actions, community bycommunity, to keep making progress.

we’ve got to harness the momentum that we’re seeing in the broader economy and makesure the economy is working for every single american. we’ve got to keep making smartchoices. and today, here at ric, i want to focus on some common-sense steps we can take tohelp working families right now. in particular, i want to zero in on the choices we need tomake to ensure that women are full and equal participants in the economy. (applause.)

now, men, i don’t want you to feel neglected. i like men just fine. (laughter.) but part of thereason that i want this focus is because i was raised by a single mom, and know what it was likefor her to raise two kids and go to work at the same time, and try to piece things togetherwithout a lot of support. and my grandmother, who never graduated from college but workedher way up to become vice president of a bank, i know what it was like for her to hit the glassceiling, and to see herself passed over for promotions by people that she had trained. and sosome of this is personal, but some of it is also what we know about our economy, which is it’schanging in profound ways, and in many ways for the better because of the participation ofwomen more fully in our economy.

so earlier today, i met with a group of women business owners and working moms, and lisbethand your president here, and they were sharing stories that probably sound familiar to a lot ofpeople -- studying for finals after working a full shift; searching for childcare when thebabysitter cancels at the last minute; using every penny of their savings so they can afford tostay home with their new baby.

and so i kept on hearing my own story. i kept on hearing about my mom struggling to putherself through school, or my grandmother hitting that glass ceiling. and i thought aboutmichelle, and i told some stories about when michelle and i were younger and getting starting,and we were struggling to balance two careers while raising a family. and my job forced me totravel a lot, which made it harder on michelle, and we would feel some of the guilt that somany people feel -- we’re working, we’re thinking about the kids, we’re wondering whetherwe’re bad parents, we’re wondering whether we were doing what we need to do on the job. andas the catch-22 of working parents, we wanted to spend time with our kids, but we also wantedto make sure that we gave them the opportunities that our hard work was providing.

and then, of course, i think about my daughters. and the idea that my daughters wouldn’thave the same opportunities as somebody’s sons -- well, that’s unacceptable. that’s notacceptable. (applause.)

so i say all this because -- to the men here, we all have a stake in choosing policies that helpwomen succeed. women make up about half of america’s workforce. (applause.) for more thantwo decades, women have earned over half of the higher education degrees awarded in thiscountry. and you look at the ric student body, almost 70 percent women. (applause.) incolleges nationwide, there are more women graduating than men -- which means that for thefirst time, america’s highly educated workforce will be made up of more women than men. (applause.)

but here’s the challenge -- that’s all good news -- the challenge is, our economy and some ofthe laws and rules governing our workplaces haven’t caught up with that reality. a lot ofworkplaces haven’t caught up with that reality. so while many women are working hard tosupport themselves and their families, they’re still facing unfair choices, outdated workplacepolicies. that holds them back, but it also holds all of us back. we have to do better, becausewomen deserve better. and, by the way, when women do well, everybody does well. (applause.)

so women deserve a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running intohardship. and rhode island has got the right idea. you’re one of just three states where paidfamily leave is the law of the land. (applause.) more states should choose to follow your lead.

it was interesting talking to some of the small business owners in the meeting. they weresaying how the rhode island law actually helped them do a better job recruiting and retainingoutstanding employees. and so that shows you something -- that this is not just a nice thingto do; it’s good policy. it’s good for business. it’s good for the economy. (applause.)

without paid leave, when a baby arrives or an aging parent needs help, workers have to makepainful decisions about whether they can afford to be there when their families need themmost. many women can’t even get a paid day off to give birth to their child. i mean, there are alot of companies that still don’t provide maternity leave. of course, dads should be there, too.so let’s make this happen for women and for men, and make our economy stronger. (applause.) we’ve got to broaden our laws for family leave.

moms and dads deserve a great place to drop their kids off every day that doesn’t cost theman arm and a leg. we need better childcare, daycare, early childhood education policies. (applause.) in many states, sending your child to daycare costs more than sending them to apublic university.

audience member: true!

the president: true. (laughter.) and too often, parents have no choice but to put theirkids in cheaper daycare that maybe doesn’t have the kinds of programming that makes a bigdifference in a child’s development. and sometimes there may just not be any slots, or the bestprograms may be too far away. and sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace tostay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as aresult. and that’s not a choice we want americans to make.

so let’s make this happen. by the end of this decade, let’s enroll 6 million children in high-quality preschool, and let’s make sure that we are making america stronger. that is good forfamilies; it’s also good for the children, because we know investing in high-quality earlychildhood education makes all the difference in the world, and those kids will do better. so weneed family leave, we need better child care policies, and we need to make sure that women getan honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work. (applause.)

about 28 million americans would benefit if we raised the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour -- (applause) -- like sheldon whitehouse and jack reed support. and let me say this: minimumwage -- those aren’t just teenage jobs that are impacted. we’re not just talking about youngpeople. my first job was at baskin robbins. and i got paid the minimum wage and it was okay.wearing that hat and the apron was -- (laughter) -- yeah.

but the truth is, the average worker who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wageis 35 years old -- 35. a majority of low-wage workers are women. a lot of them have kids.right now, somebody working full-time on the minimum wage makes $14,500 a year -- $14,500. if they’re a parent, that means they’re below the poverty line. nobody who worksfull-time in america should be below the poverty line. (applause.) they should not be raisingtheir kids below the poverty line. i am not going to give up this fight. and we needrepublicans in congress to stop blocking a minimum wage increase and give america a raise. (applause.)

and if a woman is doing the same work as a man, she deserves to get paid just like the mandoes. (applause.) even though it’s 2024, there are women still earning less than men for doingthe same work. and women of color face an even greater wage gap. (applause.) and at a timewhen women are the primary breadwinners in more households than ever, that hurts the wholefamily if they’re not getting paid fairly. again, men, i just want you to pay attention. whenmichelle and i were starting off, there were stretches of time where michelle was making moremoney than me, and i wanted to make sure she was making every dime that she deserved. (laughter.) right? i don’t know how i benefit by her getting paid less than a man. right?

audience: right!

the president: okay! men, i just want you to be clear. (laughter.)

and it starts with recent college graduates. women often start their careers with lower pay, andthen the gap grows over time -- especially if they get passed over for promotions and then theyget fewer raises, or they take time off to care for family members. so you get a situation wherewomen are doing the same work as men, but the structure, the e_pectations somehow is, well,they’ll take time off for family, and once they take time off that means that it’s okay to paythem a little bit less. and that builds up over time.

and we’ve got to have a reversal of those kinds of policies and that kind of mindset. we’ve gotto catch up to the 21st century. we need to pass a fair pay law, make our economy stronger. itwill be good for america, and it will be good for our families and good for our kids. (applause.)

while we’re on the topic, women deserve to make their own health care choices -- notpoliticians or insurance companies. (applause.) and that’s why the affordable care act is soimportant. (applause.) insurance plans -- because we passed the affordable care act,insurance plans now have to cover the basics, including contraceptive care, and prenatal care,and maternity care. (applause.)

that means a working mom doesn’t have to put off the care she needs just so she can pay herbills on time. tens of millions of women have new access to preventive care like mammogramswith no co-pays, no out-of-pocket e_penses. (applause.) it means that a cash-strapped studentdoesn’t have to choose between the care that she needs and the cost of te_tbooks. (applause.)

and because of the affordable care act, because of obamacare -- (applause) -- because of thatlaw, no insurance company can deny you coverage based on a pree_isting condition like breastcancer, or charge you more for the same care just because you’re a woman. (applause.) that’sthe right thing to do.

so no matter how many times republicans threaten to repeal this law, we’re going to keep itin place -- because it’s working. (applause.) not only is it covering more people, not only is itprotecting women and people with pree_isting conditions from discrimination, but it’s actuallybeen part of the trend that’s lowering health care inflation. we’re actually saving moneybecause the system is getting smarter and there’s more preventive care instead of emergencycare, and we’re changing how health care is delivered. (applause.) which is why i’m pretty surethat in 10 years they’re not going to call it obamacare anymore. (laughter.) republicans will belike, oh, i was for that, yes. (laughter.) that’s how that works.

audience member: we’ll remember.

the president: you’ll remember though. you’ll remind them. (applause.)

now, to really make sure that women are full and equal participants in our economy, we can dosome of this administratively. but it requires not just changing laws; it requires changingattitudes. and more and more companies are changing attitudes. and this is really good news.

jetblue, for e_ample, has a fle_ible work-from-home plan for its customer service reps. they’vefound it’s led to happier, more productive employees and lower costs. google increased paidleave for new parents -- moms and dads -- to five months -- five months -- and that helped cutthe rate of women leaving the company by half. and when i was having a conversation withsome of the women business owners before i came out here, they were saying it’s really costlywhen you lose a good employee and you’ve got to train somebody all over again. it’s muchmore sensible from a business perspective to invest in them and make them feel like you’vegot their backs, and they’ll stay with you.

and it’s not just these big corporations that are embracing these policies. so cheryl snead, whois the ceo of banneker industries -- where’s cheryl? she was here just a second. there she isback there. so banneker industries, a supply chain management firm, is based in northsmithfield. and when cheryl was in college, she studied mechanical engineering. at the time,there weren’t that many african american women in mechanical engineering. there stillaren’t. (laughter.) we’re working to change that.

cheryl wants to do something about that. her company has made it a priority to find talentedyoung women and minority students, encourage them to study science and math in college,hire them once they graduate. (applause.) and what cheryl was e_plaining was that having adiverse workforce, having more women in the workforce, all that makes her a strongercompany. and it’s not just good for the workers -- it’s good for business.

so if large businesses like google, small businesses like cheryl’s all see the wisdom of this, let’sjoin them. let’s encourage more women and more girls into fields like science and technologyand engineering and math. and let’s work with those companies to ensure that family-friendlypolicies can support more women in that workforce. (applause.)

ann-marie harrington -- where is ann? ann-marie is right here. so ann-marie, she’s thepresident of a company called embolden, based in pawtucket. and it provides web services tocommunity foundations and non-profits. a small business -- about 20 employees; 21 i thinkshe said. she just hired somebody, must have been. (laughter.) but she lets them work fromhome and keep a fle_ible schedule when they need to. and she says that’s increased hercompany’s productivity.

so i’m taking a page from these companies’ playbooks. this summer i directed the federalagencies in the e_ecutive branch to put fle_ible workplace policies in wherever possible;make it clear that all federal employees have the right to request them. we want the besttalent to serve our country, and that means making it a little bit easier for them to maintainthat work-family balance.

but these are issues that are too important to hinge on whether or not your boss isenlightened. we have to raise our voices to demand that women get paid fairly. we’ve got toraise our voices to make sure women can take time off to care for a loved one, and that momsand dads can spend time with a new baby. we’ve got to raise our voices to make sure that ourwomen maintain and keep their own health care choices. we’ve got to raise our voices tobasically do away with policies and politicians that belong in a "mad men" episode. "mad men"is a good show, but that’s not who we want making decisions about our workplaces these days.when women succeed, america succeeds. and we need leaders who understand that. that’swhat we need. (applause.)

so if you care about these policies, you got to keep pushing for them. this shouldn’t bepartisan. republicans and democrats should be supportive of all these issues.

i was talking to tom perez; he had just come back from europe. he was talking to chambers ofcommerce and conservative politicians. they were all supportive of family leave, supportiveof childcare, because they understood it actually made the economy more productive. thisisn’t a liberal or conservative agenda.

when i talk to women, like the ones i spoke to earlier, when i hear folks’ stories from acrossthe country, and when i think about my own mom and how she made it all work, or mygrandmother, nobody is looking at these issues through partisan lenses. we’re not democratsfirst or republicans first, we are americans first. and as americans, it’s up to us to protect andrestore the ideals that made this country great. (applause.)

and that is, that in this country, no matter who you are, what you look like, where you comefrom, whether you are male or you are female -- here in america, you can make it if you try.that’s the promise of america. that’s the future i’m going to fight for. (applause.) i want youto fight there with me.

thank you, everybody. god bless you.

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the president: hello, everybody! (applause.) oh, it is good to be in l.a.! (applause.)it is colder in d.c.at the moment, colder in chicago, and 70-degree weather is something tobethankful for.

and it is great to be atdreamworks animation. i would like towork here. (laughter.) i haveasked jeffrey. the only concern i had was the lights werekind of dim in the offices and -- (laughter) -- i’m pretty sure i’d fallasleep. but there’s a natural connectionbetween me anddreamworks. i don’t knowif you know this, but my ears were one of the inspirations for “shrek.” (laughter.) that’s true. true story.

mellody was being very modestwhen she said she had a front-row seat. mellody was one ofmy earliest supporters back when nobody couldpronounce my name. and her and johnrogers atarial capital helped to co-chair some of my first fundraisers. andthey’d have to drag somestraggly group in, kicking and screaming, and write acheck and listen to this young senatorwho had a lot of ideas but notnecessarily any realistic prospects to win. and she went througha lot of ups and downs with me and my career and isjust a great, great friend. so i wanttothank her publicly for all the support that she’s given us. (applause.)

we’ve got some folks here who arefighting for the people of southern california every singleday and i just wantto acknowledge them. we’ve got the mayorof glendale, dave weaver. (applause.) we’vegot three of your outstanding members of congress -- brad sherman, adamschiff,karen bass. they are all doing a greatjob. (applause.)

i want to thank all of you forbeing here. and i want to thank yourceo, jeffrey katzenberg,for inviting me. (applause.) jeffrey, like mellody, has been a friend and a supporterthroughthick and thin. and i think hisplace in the entertainment industry is legendary -- i don’t needto puff him uptoo much. (laughter.) he has a healthy sense of self. (laughter.) but he is agreat friend and somebody whose counsel and advice i value.and i’m incredibly grateful to behere at this wonderful institution that hehelped to build

and i’ve come here today becausethis is one of america’s economic engines. not justdreamworks, but this whole cluster of companies thatgenerations have grown up knowing --disney and warner and universal andothers. when you think about it, whatfinance is to newyork, what the auto industry is to the midwest, what technologyis to northern california,entertainment is to this part of the country.

and most of us have spent a lotof time thinking about our favorite movies or tv shows, butwe don’t oftenthink about the entire infrastructure and industry behind the scenes. hundreds ofthousands of middle-class jobs --they’re not always on the marquee -- jobs for electricians, andcarpenters, andsound mi_ers, and makeup artists, and designers, and animators depend onthisincredible industry here in southern california.

entertainment is one of america’sbiggest e_ports. and every day, you sella product that’smade in america to the rest of the world. every time somebody buys movie tickets, ordvds, ordistribution rights to a film, some of that money goes back to thelocal economy right here.

and believe it or not,entertainment is part of our american diplomacy. it’s part of whatmakes us e_ceptional, partof what makes us such a world power. youcan go anywhere on theplanet and you’ll see a kid wearing a “madagascar”t-shirt. (laughter.) you can say, “maytheforce be with you” -- they know what you’re talking about. (laughter.)

hundreds of millions of peoplemay never set foot in the united states, but thanks to you,they’ve e_perienceda small part of what makes our country special. they’ve learned somethingabout our values. we have shaped a world culture through you.

and the stories that we telltransmit values and ideals about tolerance and diversity andovercomingadversity, and creativity that are part of our dna. and as a consequence of whatyou’ve done, youhelped shape the world’s culture in a way that has made the world better.

they might not know thegettysburg address, but if they’re watching some old movie,maybe “guess who’scoming to dinner,” or “the mary tyler moore show,” or “will and grace”and“modern family,” they’ve had a front-row seat to our march towards progress,even if theirown nations haven’t made that progress yet. and young people in countries all around theworldsuddenly make a connection and have an affinity to people who don’t looklike them and maybeoriginally they might have been fearful of, and nowsuddenly they say, oh, this person is likeme -- which is one of the powers ofart, but that’s what you transmit.

and that is a remarkablelegacy. now, it’s also a bigresponsibility. when it comes toissueslike gun violence, we’ve got to make sure that we’re not glorifying it, becausethe storiesyou tell shape our children’s outlook and their lives. earlier this year, leaders from this townsatdown with vice president biden to talk about what hollywood could do to helpkeep our kidssafe. this was in the wakeof sandy hook. and those conversationsneed to continue. the storieswe tellmatter. and you tell stories morepowerfully than anybody else on the earth.

but i want to make clear, even aswe think long and hard about the messages we send, weshould never waver fromour commitment to the freedom that allows us to tell those storiessowell. protecting our first amendmentrights are vital to who we are. and it’salso goodbusiness, because in the global race for jobs and industries, thething we do better thananybody else is creativity. that’s something that can’t be copied. it’s one of the reasons whyeven with newmarkets and new technologies, there’s still no better place to make moviesandtelevision and music than right here in the united states.

entertainment is one of thebright spots of our economy. the gapbetween what we can doand what other countries can do is enormous.

audience member: woo!

the president: yes, that’s worth cheering for. (applause.) and that means that we’vegot todo what it takes to make sure that this industry, and every great americanindustry, keepsthat competitive edge so that more folks can find career pathslike many of you have, and getgood middle-class jobs that allow you to supporta family and get ahead.

nothing is more important thanthat right now. and as mellodymentioned, when i came intooffice, we were going through a severe crisis. five years later, america has largely foughtourway back. we’ve made the toughchoices required not just to help the economy recover, but torebuild it on anew foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth.

we refocused on manufacturing ande_ports, and today, our businesses sell more goods andservices made in thiscountry to the rest of the world than ever before. our manufacturers areadding jobs for thefirst time since the 1990s, led by an american auto industry that’scomeroaring back. american cars are reallygood now. (laughter.)

we decided to reverse ourdependence on foreign oil. so today, wegenerate more renewableenergy than ever -- doubled our renewable energy --more natural gas than anybody. for thefirsttime in nearly 20 years, america now produces more of our own oil than webuy from othercountries. it’s goodnews. (applause.)

when i took office, americainvested far less than countries like china did in wirelessinfrastructure andwe’ve now narrowed that gap, and we have helped companies unleash jobsandinnovation and become a booming app economy that’s created hundreds ofthousands ofjobs. si_ years ago, only 5percent of the world’s smartphones ran on american operatingsystems. today, more than 80 percent do. (applause.)

and, yes, we decided to fi_ abroken health care system. (applause.) and it’s interesting-- iwas talking to some of the studio e_ecs here, and i said, look, therollout of the new health caremarketplace was rough and nobody was morefrustrated about the problems with our websitethan i am. and yet, here in southern california and hereacross this state, there are thousandsof people every single day who are gettinghealth care for the first time -- for the first time --because of this. (applause.) and, by the way, the website is continually working better, socheck itout. (laughter.)

but as a country, we’re nowpoised to gain health coverage for millions of americans,starting on january1st, and that includes more than 350,000 here in california who havealreadysigned up. and thanks in part to theaffordable care act, health care costs are growing atthe slowest rate in 50years. employer-based health care costsare growing at about one-third therate of a decade ago. and that means that if the studios here oryour employers aren’t havingto spend as much on health care, they can hiremore folks and reinvest more in the business,and come up with those cooltechnologies that -- i don’t e_actly understand how they work, but--(laughter) -- were really neat to look at. (laughter.)

and, by the way, we’ve done allthis while bringing down our deficits. (applause.) after yearsoftrillion-dollar deficits, we reined in spending. you would think sometimes listening to folksinwashington that we haven’t made any progress on that front. we wound down two wars. wechanged a ta_ code that was too skewedtowards the wealthiest americans at the e_pense of themiddle class. you add it all up, we’ve cut our deficits bymore than half, and they continue to godown faster than any time since worldwar ii. (applause.)

so all told, our businessescreated 7.8 million new jobs over the past 44 months. americahas gone farther, recovered fasterthan most other industrialized nations. but, as mellody said,we’ve got more work to do. the stock market is doing great, corporateprofits soaring, but toomany americans aren’t sharing in that success. and everybody here who works at dreamworks--a really good place to work. i’m goingto ask jeff if maybe i can work here. (applause.) but allof you havefriends and family and neighbors who aren’t as lucky. and you know there are still alot of folkswho are struggling out there. and my top priority is making sure that thiscountryremains a country where everybody who is willing to work hard can getahead.

and we’d be a lot further alongwithout some of the dysfunction and obstruction we’veseen in washington. (applause.) we would be a lot further along if we could just get folks to actwithsome sense -- (laughter) -- if we didn’t have one wing of one party that was alittle lessobsessed with repealing health care for 40 million people, moreconcerned with making surethe law works. if they hadn’t spent 40 votes trying to repeal the affordable care act,theymight have actually taken some votes on rebuilding our infrastructure, orinstituting earlychildhood education for young people across this country, orinvesting more money in basicresearch that helps to create the amazingtechnologies that many of you utilize. any of theserious proposals i’ve put forward that would be creatingjobs right now, they could have beentaking votes on that.

instead of rooting for failure,or refighting old battles, republicans in congress need to workwith us toimprove those things about the affordable care act that aren’t working as wellas theyshould, and implement policies to strengthen the middle class andcreate jobs. (applause.)

a couple of weeks ago, houserepublican leaders handed out a piece of paper to theirmembers and on the topit said, “agenda 2024.” i’m not makingthis up. below that, it wasblank. (laughter.) it was a blank sheet of paper -- nothing to create jobs or grow theeconomyor strengthen the middle class.

and i’ve put forward my plans tocreate new jobs and even the odds for the middle class.and i’ve put forward plans that gives somerepublicans some of the things that they want ine_change for ideas that willcreate good jobs right now. and so far,they won’t consider them.

some people have heard me say mylist of top five movies -- “the godfather,” one and two,have to be on it. but it turns out marlon brando had it easy,because when it comes to congress,there’s no such thing as an “offer they can’trefuse.” (laughter.) i mean, i just keep on comingback. (laughter.) i’m going to keep on trying, though. (laughter.) i am, because we’vegot nochoice. (applause.)

the american people agree with usthat jobs, growing the economy should be our number-one priority. and we’ve got to make some investments tomake that happen. and we’ve got togivea better bargain to the middle class and everybody who is working to join themiddle class.and that means building onthose cornerstones of what makes for a strong middle class -- goodjobs, a goodeducation, a home of your own, health care when you get sick, a secureretirementeven if you’re not rich. sowe can help manufacturers bring more jobs back to america byinvesting inamerican clean-energy technology, and putting people to work building roadsandbridges and schools and high-speed broadband networks that attract businessesfrom aroundthe world.

we can prepare our children andour workers for the global competition that they’ll face --e_pandinghigh-quality preschool education, redesigning our high schools, investingincommunity colleges and job training, and tackling rising college costs, so thatyoung peoplecan afford it. we can helpresponsible homeowners afford a mortgage or refinancing at today’slow rates,help build a rock-solid housing system for decades to come, instead of boom andbust.

we can bring the promise of asecure retirement back to reach for middle-class families,finding new ways tomake it easier for workers to save, and strengthening social security,andgetting immigration reform done so that undocumented workers are paying theirfair shareof ta_es, but they’re not living in the shadows -- (applause) -- andwe’re attracting the best andthe brightest from all around the world.

as i was getting a tour ofdreamworks, i didn’t ask, but just looking at faces, i could tellthere weresome folks who are here not because they were born here, but because they wanttobe here and they bring e_traordinary talents to the united states. and that’s part of whatmakes americaspecial. and that’s part of what, by theway, makes california special, because it’salways been this magnet of dreamersand strivers. and people coming fromevery directionsaying to themselves, you know, if i work hard there i can havemy piece of the americandream.

we’re going to continue to makeprogress on all those fronts. and, yes,we are going tocontinue to implement the health care law. the product is good. people want it. and we shouldnot live in a country wherepeople are going bankrupt just because they get sick. and anybodywho is going to keep on pushingagainst that, they will meet my resistance, because i amwilling to fi_ anyproblems that there are, but i’m not going to abandon people to make surethatthey’ve got health insurance in this country. that is not something we’re going to do. (applause.) and the good news is,as i said, thousands of californians are already signing up.

i read a really powerful storyover the weekend i just want to mention about uninsured folksin kentucky whoare signing up in droves in one of the poorest counties in the country. some ofthem can’t imagine what having healthinsurance would be like. and you read thesestories andyou realize how important it is for folks in kentucky -- a state,by the way, that did not vote forme -- (laughter) -- and if kentucky can doit, than every state should be able to do it.

we should be able to e_pandmedicaid all across the country. there are millions of peoplewho, right now,even under the law, may not get health care that they deserve becausetheirgovernors have refused to do it just for political reasons -- e_pandingmedicaid. fortunately,california,obviously, is not one of them. but thisis a fight that we’re going to keep fighting,because it’s worth fighting. and that’s what mellody referred to.

it’s true. i’m not an ideological guy, but there aresome things i really believe in. andpart ofwhat i believe in is that the essence of this country, what makes thisplace special, is this ideathat hollywood is glorified and held up, but iactually think it’s true that here, more thananyplace else, no matter what youlook like, where you come from, what your last name is, whoyou love, youshould be able to make it if you’re willing to work hard. that’s what i believe. (applause.)

and there’s certain values thatmake that a reality. i have my critics,obviously, but sincewere here in hollywood, i want to think about somethingthat the late, great chicago film critic,robert [roger] ebert said -- and iwas fortunate to get to know roger ebert and was alwaysinspired by how hehandled some really tough stuff. “kindness,” he wrote, “covers all of mypolitical beliefs.” kindness covers all of my political beliefs.

and when i think about what i’mfighting for, what gets me up every single day, thatcaptures it just about asmuch as anything. kindness; empathy --that sense that i have astake in your success; that i’m going to make sure,just because malia and sasha are doingwell, that’s not enough -- i want yourkids to do well also. and i’m willing tohelp to build goodschools so that they get a great education, even if mine arealready getting a great education.

and i’m going to invest ininfrastructure and building things like the golden gate bridgeand the hooverdam and the internet -- (laughter) -- because i’m investing for thene_tgeneration, not just this one. and that’swhat binds us together, and that’s how we’vealways moved forward, based on theidea that we have a stake in each other’s success. andthat’s what drives me. and that’s what will continue to drive me.

i believe that every kid shouldhave opportunity. i believe ourdaughters should have thesame opportunities as our sons. i believe that jeffrey’s kids should be ableto aspire to whateverthey can dream of, but i also want to make sure that theperson who’s cleaning up jeffrey’soffice, that their kid has that samepossibility.

and we may have different ideasand different policies on how to do things, but thatshouldn’t negate that thatcore vision is what we’re fighting for, and we should be able to sitdowntogether and to keep dreaming and keep working, and to make sure that theamericandream that’s been described here in southern california is sustainedfor generations to come.

and what’s stopping us is notpolicy details; it’s not technical issues. it’s to summon thecourage to put politics aside once in a while and rememberthat we’ve got more in common thanour politics would suggest. and as long as i’ve got the privilege ofserving as your president,that’s what i’m going to keep on making sure that ido -- to put politics aside once in a whileand work on your behalf. (applause.)

so, thank you, dreamworks, forwhat you do. (applause.) thank you, jeffrey, foryourhospitality. god bless you. god bless america. (applause.) can’t wait to see your ne_tmovie. (applause.)

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the president: good morning! (applause.) good morning,everybody! everybody,please have aseat. have a seat.

well, on behalf of michelle andmyself, welcome to the white house. thisis one of myfavorite events every year, especially special this year, as ilook at this e_traordinary group ofindividuals and our opportunity to honorthem with our nation’s highest civilian honor -- thepresidential medal offreedom.

and this year, it’s just a littlemore special because this marks the 50th anniversary ofpresident kennedyestablishing this award. we’re honored,by the way, today to have with us oneof my favorite people -- ethel kennedy --and a pretty good basketball player, presidentkennedy’s grandson, jack. (applause.)

this medal has been bestowed onmore than 500 deserving people. tonight,i’m lookingforward to joining some of these honorees, as well as members ofthe kennedy family, as we paytribute to these 50 years of e_cellence. and this morning, we’re honored to add 16 newnamesto this distinguished list.

today, we salute fiercecompetitors who became true champions. in the sweltering heat of achicago summer, ernie banks walked into thecubs locker room and didn’t like what he saw. “everybody was sitting around, heads down, depressed,” he recalled. so ernie piped up andsaid, “boy, what agreat day! let’s play two!” (laughter.) that’s “mr. cub” -- a man who cameup through the negro leagues, making$7 a day, and became the first black player to suit up forthe cubs and one ofthe greatest hitters of all time. and inthe process, ernie became known asmuch for his 512 home runs as for his cheerand his optimism and his eternal faith thatsomeday the cubs would go all theway. (laughter.)

and that"s serious belief. (laughter.) that is something that even a white so_ fan like mecan respect. (laughter.) but he is just a wonderful man and a great icon of my hometown.

speaking of sports, dean smith isone of the winningest coaches in college basketballhistory, but his successesgo far beyond _s and os. even as he won78 percent of his games, hegraduated 96 percent of his players. the first coach to use multiple defenses in agame, hewas the pioneer who popularized the idea of “pointing to the passer”-- after a basket, playersshould point to the teammate who passed them theball. and with his first national titleon theline, he did have the good sense to give the ball to a 19-year-old kidnamed michael jordan. (laughter.) although they used to joke that the onlyperson who ever held michael under 20 wasdean smith. (laughter.)

while coach smith couldn’t joinus today due to an illness that he’s facing withe_traordinary courage, we alsohonor his courage in helping to change our country -- herecruited the firstblack scholarship athlete to north carolina and helped to integratearestaurant and a neighborhood in chapel hill. that"s the kind of character that he representedon and off the court.

we salute innovators who pushedthe limits of science, changing how we see the world --and ourselves. and growing up, sally ride read about thespace program in the newspaperalmost every day, and she thought this was “thecoolest thing around.” when she was aphdcandidate at stanford she saw an ad for astronauts in the student newspaperand she seizedthe opportunity. as thefirst american woman in space, sally didn’t just break thestratospheric glassceiling, she blasted through it. andwhen she came back to earth, shedevoted her life to helping girls e_cel infields like math, science and engineering. “young girlsneed to see role models,” she said, “you can’t be what youcan’t see.” today, our daughters --includingmalia and sasha -- can set their sights a little bit higher because sally rideshowedthem the way.

now, all of us have moments whenwe look back and wonder, “what the heck was ithinking?” i have that -- (laughter) -- quite abit. psychologist daniel kahneman hasmade thatsimple question his life’s work. in a storied career in israel and america, he basically inventedthestudy of human decision-making. he’shelped us to understand everything from behavioraleconomics to “does living incalifornia make people happy?” it’s aninteresting question. he’salso beencalled an e_pert on irrational behavior -- so i"m sure that he could shed somelight onwashington. (laughter.)

but what truly sets daniel apartis his curiosity. guided by his beliefthat people are“endlessly complicated and interesting,” at 79 he’s stilldiscovering new insights into how wethink and learn, not just so we understandeach other, but so we can work and live togethermore effectively.

dr. mario molina’s love of sciencestarted as a young boy in me_ico city, in a homemadelaboratory in a bathroomat home. and that passion for discoveryled mario to become one ofthe most respected chemists of his era. he was awarded the nobel peace prize -- orthe nobelprize, rather, not only for his path-breaking research, but also forhis insistence that when weignore dangerous carbon emissions we riskdestroying the ozone layer and endangering ourplanet. and thanks to mario’s work, the world cametogether to address a common threat, andtoday, inspired by his e_ample, we’reworking to leave our planet safer and cleaner for futuregenerations.

we also have to salute musicians,who bring such joy to our lives. lorettalynn was 19 thefirst time she won the big -- she won big at the localfair. her canned vegetables broughthome17 blue ribbons -- (laughter) -- and made her “canner of the year.”(laughter.) now, that’simpressive. (laughter.)

for a girl from butcher hollow,kentucky, that was fame. fortunately forall of us, shedecided to try her hand at things other than canning. her first guitar cost $17, and with itthiscoal miner’s daughter gave voice to a generation, singing what no one wanted totalk aboutand saying what no one wanted to think about. and now, over 50 years after she cut herfirstrecord -- and canned her first vegetables -- (laughter) -- loretta lynnstill reigns as the rule-breaking, record-setting queen of country music.

as a young man in cuba, arturosandoval loved jazz so much it landed him in jail. it wasthe cold war, and the only radiostation where he could hear jazz was the voice of america,which was dangerousto listen to. but arturo listenedanyway. later, he defected to theunitedstates knowing he might never see his parents or beloved homeland again. “withoutfreedom,” he said, “there is nolife.” and today, arturo is an americancitizen and one of the mostcelebrated trumpet players in the world. “there isn’t any place on earth where thepeopledon’t know about jazz,” he says, and that’s true in part becausemusicians like him havesacrificed so much to play it.

we salute pioneers who pushed ournation towards greater justice and equality. a baptistminister, c.t. vivian was one of dr. martin luther king, jr.’sclosest advisors. “martin taught us,”hesays, “that it’s in the action that we find out who we really are.” and time and again,reverend vivian was amongthe first to be in the action: in 1947,joining a sit-in to integrate anillinois restaurant; one of the first freedomriders; in selma, on the courthouse steps toregister blacks to vote, for whichhe was beaten, bloodied and jailed. rosaparks said of him, “even after things had supposedly been taken care of and wehad our rights, he was still outthere, inspiring the ne_t generation,including me,” helping kids go to college with a programthat would becomeupward bound. and at 89 years old,reverend vivian is still out there, still inthe action, pushing us closer toour founding ideals.

now, early in the morning the dayof the march on washington, the national mall was farfrom full and some in thepress were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure. butthe march’s chief organizer, bayardrustin, didn’t panic. as the story goes,he looked down at apiece of paper, looked back up, and reassured reportersthat everything was right on schedule.the only thing those reporters didn’t know was that the paper he washolding was blank. (laughter.) he didn’t know how it was going to work out,but bayard had an unshakableoptimism, nerves of steel, and, most importantly,a faith that if the cause is just and people areorganized, nothing can standin our way.

so, for decades, this greatleader, often at dr. king’s side, was denied his rightful place inhistorybecause he was openly gay. no medal canchange that, but today, we honor bayardrustin’s memory by taking our place inhis march towards true equality, no matter who we areor who we love. (applause.)

speaking of game-changers,disrupters, there was a young girl names gloria steinem whoarrived in new yorkto make her mark as a journalist, and magazines only wanted to writearticleslike “how to cook without really cooking for men.” (laughter.) gloria noticed things likethat. (laughter.) she’s been called a “championnoticer.” she’s alert to all the ways,large andsmall, that women had been and, in some cases, continue to be treatedunfairly just becausethey’re women.

as a writer, a speaker, anactivist, she awakened a vast and often skeptical public toproblems likedomestic violence, the lack of affordable child care, unfair hiringpractices. andbecause of her work,across america and around the world, more women are afforded the respectandopportunities that they deserve. but shealso changed how women thought aboutthemselves. and gloria continues to pour her heart intoteaching and mentoring. her one pieceofadvice to young girls is -- i love this -- “do not listen to my advice. listen to the voice insideyou and follow that.”

when patricia wald’s law firmasked if she’d come back after having her first child, she saidshe’d like sometime off to focus on her family -- devoted almost 10 years to raisingfivechildren. but patricia never lost theitch to practice law. so while herhusband watched thekids at home, she’d hit the library on weekends. at the age 40, she went back to thecourtroomto show the “young kids” a thing or two. as the first female judge on the d.c. circuit,patricia was a topcandidate for attorney general. afterleaving the bench, her idea of retirementwas to go to the hague to presideover the trials of war criminals. patricia says she hopesenough women will become judges that “it’s notworth celebrating” anymore. but today,wecelebrate her. and along with gloria,she shows there are all kinds of paths listening to yourown voice.

we salute communicators whoshined a light on stories no one else was telling. a veteran ofworld war ii and more than adozen pacific battles, ben bradlee brought the same intensityand dedication tojournalism. since joining the washingtonpost 65 years ago, he transformedthat newspaper into one of the finest in theworld. with ben in charge, the postpublished thepentagon papers, revealing the true history of america’sinvolvement in vietnam; e_posedwatergate; unleashed a new era of investigativejournalism, holding america’s leadersaccountable and reminding us that ourfreedom as a nation rests on our freedom of the press.when ben retired, senator daniel patrickmoynihan put the admiration of many into a poem: “o rare ben bradlee/his reign has ceased/buthis nation stands/its strength increased.”

and i also indicated to ben hecan pull off those shirts and i can"t. (laughter.) he alwayslooks socool in them. (laughter.)

early in oprah winfrey’s career,her bosses told her she should change her name to susie. (laughter.) i have to pause here to say i got the same advice. (laughter and applause.) theydidn"t say i should be named “susie,”but they suggested i should change my name. (laughter.)people can relate tosusie, that"s what they said. it turnedout, surprisingly, that people couldrelate to oprah just fine.

in more than 4,500 episodes ofher show, her message was always, “you can.” “you can doand you can be and you can grow and it can be better.” and she was living proof, rising fromachildhood of poverty and abuse to the pinnacle of the entertainmentuniverse. but even with40 emmys, thedistinction of being the first black female billionaire, oprah’s greateststrengthhas always been her ability to help us discover the best inourselves. michelle and icountourselves among her many devoted fans and friends. as one of those fans wrote, “i didn’tknow ihad a light in me until oprah told me it was there.” what a great gift.

and, finally, we salute publicservants who’ve strengthened our nation. daniel inouye wasa humble man and didn’t wear his medal of honor veryoften. instead, he liked to wear apinrepresenting the good conduct medal he earned as a teenage private. “to behave yourselftakes special effort,” hesaid, “and i did not want to dishonor my family.” danny always honoredhis family and hiscountry, even when his country didn’t always honor him.

after being classified as an “enemyalien,” danny joined a japanese american unit thatbecame one of the mostdecorated in world war ii. and as thesecond-longest serving senatorin american history, he showed a generation ofyoung people -- including one kid with a funnyname growing up in hawaii whonoticed that there was somebody during some of those hearingsin washingtonthat didn"t look like everybody else, which meant maybe i had a chance todosomething important, too. he taught allof us that no matter what you look like or where youcome from, this countryhas a place for everybody who’s willing to serve and work hard.

a proud hoosier, dick lugar hasserved america for more than half a century, from a youngnavy lieutenant to arespected leader in the united states senate. i’ll always be thankful to dickfor taking me -- a new, junior senator-- under his wing, including travels together to reviewsome of his visionarywork, the destruction of cold war arsenals in the former soviet union --something that doesn’t get a lot of publicnotice, but was absolutely critical to making us saferin the wake of the coldwar.

now, i should say, traveling withdick you get close to une_ploded landmines, mortar shells,test tubes filledwith anthra_ and the plague. (laughter.) his legacy, though, is the thousandsofmissiles and bombers and submarines and warheads that no longer threaten usbecause of hise_traordinary work. andour nation and our world are safer because of this statesman. and in atime ofunrelenting partisanship, dick lugar’s decency, his commitment tobipartisanproblem-solving, stand as a model of what public service ought to be.

now, last, but never least, wehonor a leader who we still remember with suche_traordinary fondness. he still remembers as a child waving goodbyeto his mom -- tears inher eyes -- as she went off to nursing school so shecould provide for her family. and ithinklifting up families like his own became the story of bill clinton’slife. he remembered what hismom had todo on behalf of him and he wanted to make sure that he made life better andeasierfor so many people all across the country that were struggling in thosesame ways and had thosesame hopes and dreams. so as a governor, he transformed education so more kids couldpursuethose dreams. as president, he provedthat, with the right choices, you could grow theeconomy, lift people out ofpoverty. we could shrink our deficitsand still invest in our families,our health, our schools, science,technology. in other words, we can gofarther when we look outfor each other.

and as we’ve all seen, aspresident, he was just getting started. he doesn’t stop. he’s helpedleadrelief efforts after the asian tsunami, hurricane katrina, the haiti earthquake. hisfoundation and global initiative havehelped to save or improve the lives of literally hundredsof millions ofpeople. and, of course, i am mostgrateful for his patience during the endlesstravels of my secretary ofstate. (laughter.)

so i’m grateful, bill, as wellfor the advice and counsel that you’ve offered me on and offthe golfcourse. (laughter.) and most importantly, for your lifesavingwork around the world,which represents what’s the very best in america. so thank you so much, president clinton. (applause.)

so these are the recipients ofthe 2024 presidential medal of freedom. these are the menand women who in their e_traordinary lives remind usall of the beauty of the human spirit,the values that define us as americans,the potential that lives inside of all of us. i could notbe more happy and more honored to participate in thisceremony here today.

with that, what i would like todo is invite our honorees to just sit there and let all of usstand and giveyou a big round of applause. (applause.)

i guess we should actually givethem the medals, though. (laughter.) where are my --herewe go. lee, you want to hit it?

military aide: presidential medal of freedom recipients.

ernie banks. (applause.) with an unmatched enthusiasm for america’s pastime, erniebanks slugged,sprinted and smiled his way into the record books. known to fans as “mr. cub,”he played ane_traordinary 19 seasons with the chicago cubs, during which he was named to11all-star teams, hit over 500 home runs, and won back-to-back most valuableplayer honors.ernie banks was electedto the baseball hall of fame in 1977, and he will forever be known asone ofthe finest power hitters and most dynamic players of all time. (applause.)

benjamin crowninshieldbradlee. (applause.) a titan of journalism, benjamincrowninshieldbradlee is one of the most respected newsmen of his generation. after servingour nation in world war ii, benbradlee went on to defend liberty here at home. testing thelimits of a freepress during his tenure as e_ecutive editor of the washington post, heoversawcoverage of the watergate scandal and successfully challenged the federalgovernmentover the right to publish the pentagon papers. his passion foraccuracy and unyielding pursuitof truth continue to set the standard forjournalism. (applause.)

the honorable william j.clinton. (applause.) among the finest public servants of ourtime,president william j. clinton argued cases for the people of arkansas, servedhis state in thegovernor’s mansion, and guided our nation into a newcentury. as the 42nd president oftheunited states, bill clinton oversaw an era of challenge and change, prosperityand progress.his work after leavingpublic office continues to reflect his passionate, unendingcommitment toimproving the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. in respondingto needs both at home andabroad, and as founder of the clinton foundation, he has shown thatthroughcreative cooperation among women and men of goodwill, we can solve eventhemost intractable problems. (applause.)

irene hirano inouye, accepting onbehalf of her husband, the honorable daniel k. inouye. (applause.) a true patriot and dedicated public servant, daniel k. inouye understoodthepower of leaders when united in common purpose to protect and promote thetenets wecherish as americans. as amember of the revered 442nd regimental combat team, danielinouye helped freeeurope from the grasp of tyranny during world war ii, for which he receivedthemedal of honor. representing the peopleof hawaii from the moment the islands joined theunion, he never lost sight ofthe ideals that bind us across the 50 states. senator inouye’sreason and resolve helped make our country what it is today,and for that, we honor him. (applause.)

dr. daniel kahneman. (applause.) daniel kahneman’s groundbreaking work earned him anobel prize ineconomic sciences for his research developing prospect theory. after escapingfrom nazi-occupied france as ayoung boy and later joining the israel defense forces, dr.kahneman grewinterested in understanding the origins of people’s beliefs. combiningpsychology and economic analysis,and working alongside dr. amos tversky, dr. kahnemanused simple e_periments todemonstrate how people make decisions under uncertaincircumstances, and heforever changed the way we view human judgment. (applause.)

the honorable richard g.lugar. (applause.) representing the state of indiana for overthreedecades in the united states senate, richard g. lugar put country aboveparty and self toforge bipartisan consensus. throughout his time in the senate, he offered effective solutionsto ournational and international problems, advocating for the control of nuclear armsand otherweapons of mass destruction. working with senator sam nunn, richard lugar establishedthe nunn-lugarcooperative threat reduction program, one of our country’s mostsuccessfulnational security initiatives, helping to sustain american leadership andengagenations in collaboration after decades of confrontation. he remains a strong voice on foreignpolicyissues, and his informed perspective will have broad influence for years tocome. (applause.)

loretta lynn. (applause.) born a coal miner’s daughter, loretta lynn has followed a boldpath tobecome a legend in country music. asinger, songwriter, and author, she has writtendozens of chart-topping songs,released scores of albums, and won numerous accolades.breaking barriers in country music andentertainment, she opened doors for women not only bywinning tremendousachievements, but also by raising issues few dared to discuss. fearlesslytelling her own stories withcandor and humor, loretta lynn has brought a strong female voiceto mainstreammusic, captured the emotions of women and men alike, and revealed thecommontruths about life as it is lived. (applause.)

dr. mario molina. (applause.) the curiosity and creativity that inspired mario molina toconvert hisfamily’s bathroom into a laboratory as a child have driven him through decadesofscientific research. born in me_ico,dr. molina’s passion for chemistry brought him to the unitedstates, where hisinvestigations of chlorofluorocarbons led to breakthroughs in ourunderstandingof how they deplete the ozone layer. theimpact of his discoveries e_tends farbeyond his field, affecting environmentalpolicy and fostering international awareness, as wellas earning him the 1995nobel prize in chemistry. today, dr.molina remains a global leader,continuing to study air quality, climatechange, and the environment that connects us all. (applause.)

tam o’shaughnessy accepting onbehalf of her life partner, dr. sally k. ride. (applause.)thirty years ago, dr.sally k. ride soared into space as the youngest american and first womantowear the stars and stripes above earth’s atmosphere. as an astronaut, she sought to keepamericaat the forefront of space e_ploration. as a role model, she fought tirelessly to inspireyoung people --especially girls -- to become scientifically literate and to pursue careersinscience, technology, engineering, and math. at the end of her life, she became aninspiration for those battlingpancreatic cancer, and for the lesbian, gay, bise_ual, andtransgendercommunity. the tale of a quiet hero,sally ride’s story demonstrates that the sky isno limit for those who dream ofreaching for the stars. (applause.)

walter naegle accepting on behalfof his partner, bayard rustin. (applause.) bayard rustinwas agiant in the american civil rights movement. openly gay at a time when many had tohide who they loved, hisunwavering belief that we are all equal members of a “single humanfamily” tookhim from his first freedom ride to the lesbian, gay, bise_ual, and transgenderrightsmovement. thanks to hisunparalleled skills as an organizer, progress that once seemedimpossibleappears, in retrospect, to have been inevitable. fifty years after the march onwashington heorganized, america honors bayard rustin as one of its greatest architectsforsocial change and a fearless advocate for its most vulnerable citizens. (applause.)

arturo sandoval. (applause.) arturo sandoval is one of the world’s finest jazz musicians.born into poverty in cuba and held back byhis government, he risked everything to share hisgifts with the world --eventually defecting with help from dizzy gillespie, his mentorandfriend. in the decades since, thisastonishing trumpeter, pianist, and composer hasinspired audiences in everycorner of the world and awakened a new generation of greatperformers. he remains one of the best ever to play. (applause.)

linnea smith, accepting on behalfof her husband, dean e. smith. (applause.) dean e.smith spent36 seasons taking college basketball to new heights. as head coach at theuniversity of northcarolina at chapel hill, he led his team to 11 final fours, two nationaltitles,and 879 victories, retiring as the winningest men’s college basketballcoach in history. deansmith brought thesame commitment to supporting his players off the court. he helped morethan 96 percent of hislettermen graduate. and in an era ofdeep division, he taught players toovercome bigotry with courage andcompassion. he will forever stand as oneof the greatestcoaches in college basketball history. (applause.)

gloria steiner. (applause.) a trailblazing writer and feminist organizer, gloria steinem hasbeen atthe forefront of the fight for equality and social justice for more than fourdecades.instrumental to a broad rangeof initiatives and issues, from establishing ms. magazine and takeourdaughters to work day, to pushing for women’s self-empowerment and an end tose_trafficking. she has promotedlasting political and social change in america and abroad.through her reporting and speaking, she hasshaped debates on the intersection of se_ and race,brought critical problemsto national attention, and forged new opportunities for women inmedia. gloria steinem continues to move us all totake up the cause of reaching for a more justtomorrow. (applause.)

reverend c.t. vivian. (applause.) equipped only with courage and an overwhelmingcommitment to socialjustice, the reverend c.t. vivian was a stalwart activist on the marchtowardracial equality. whether at a lunchcounter, on a freedom ride, or behind the bars of aprison cell, he wasunafraid to take bold action in the face of fierce resistance. by pushingchange through nonviolentdemonstration and advocacy, c.t. vivian established and lednumerousorganizations to support underserved individuals and communities. his legacy ofcombating injustice will shineas an e_ample for generations to come. (applause.)

patricia mcgowan wald. (applause.) patricia mcgowan wald made history as the first womanappointed to theunited states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. rising tochief judge of the court, shealways strove to better understand the law and fairly apply it.after leaving federal service, judge waldhelped institute standards for justice and the rule oflaw at the internationalcriminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague. hailed as amodel judge, she laid afoundation for countless women within the legal profession and helpedunveilthe humanity within the law. (applause.)

oprah g. winfrey. (applause.) oprah g. winfrey is a global media icon. when she launchedthe oprah winfrey show in 1986, there were few women-- and even fewer women of color --with a national platform to discuss theissues and events shaping our times. butover the 25years that followed, oprah winfrey’s innate gift for tapping intoour most fervent hopes anddeepest fears drew millions of viewers across everybackground, making her show the highest-rated talk show in televisionhistory. off screen, oprah winfrey hasused her influence to supportunderserved communities and to lift up the livesof young people -- especially young women --around the world. in her story, we are reminded that no dreamcan be deferred when we refuseto let life’s obstacles keep us down. (applause.)

the president: the medal of freedom honorees -- please. (applause.)

well, that concludes the formalpart of today’s ceremony. i want tothank all of you forbeing here. obviously,we are deeply indebted to those who we honor here today. and we’regoing to have an opportunity totake some pictures with the honorees and their familymembers.

the rest of you, i understand thefood here is pretty good. (laughter.) soi hope you enjoythe reception, and i hope we carry away from this a reminderof what jfk understood to be theessence of the american spirit -- that it’srepresented here. and some of us may belesstalented, but we all have the opportunity to serve and to open people’shearts and minds inour smaller orbits. so i hope everybody has been as inspired, as i have been, participatingandbeing with these people here today.

thank you very much,everybody. (applause.)

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mr. secretary-general, thank you for bringing us together today to address an urgent threatto the people of west africa, but also a potential threat to the world. dr. chan, heads of stateand government, especially our african partners, ladies and gentlemen: as we gather heretoday, the people of liberia and sierra leone and guinea are in crisis. as secretary-general banand dr. chan have already indicated, the ebola virus is spreading at alarming speed.thousands of men, women and children have died. thousands more are infected. ifunchecked, this epidemic could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the coming months.hundreds of thousands.

ebola is a horrific disease. it’s wiping out entire families. it has turned simple acts of love andcomfort and kindness -- like holding a sick friend’s hand, or embracing a dying child -- intopotentially fatal acts. if ever there were a public health emergency deserving an urgent,strong and coordinated international response, this is it.

but this is also more than a health crisis. this is a growing threat to regional and globalsecurity. in liberia, in guinea, in sierra leone, public health systems have collapsed. economicgrowth is slowing dramatically. if this epidemic is not stopped, this disease could cause ahumanitarian catastrophe across the region. and in an era where regional crises can quicklybecome global threats, stopping ebola is in the interest of all of us.

the courageous men and women fighting on the front lines of this disease have told us whatthey need. they need more beds, they need more supplies, they need more health workers, andthey need all of this as fast as possible. right now, patients are being left to die in the streetsbecause there’s nowhere to put them and there’s nobody to help them. one health worker insierra leone compared fighting this outbreak to “fighting a forest fire with spray bottles.” butwith our help, they can put out the blaze.

last week, i visited the centers for disease control and prevention, which is mounting thelargest international response in its history. i said that the world could count on america tolead, and that we will provide the capabilities that only we have, and mobilize the world the waywe have done in the past in crises of similar magnitude. and i announced that, in additionto the civilian response, the united states would establish a military command in liberia tosupport civilian efforts across the region.

today, that command is up and it is running. our commander is on the ground in monrovia,and our teams are working as fast as they can to move in personnel, equipment and supplies.we’re working with senegal to stand up an air bridge to get health workers and medicalsupplies into west africa faster. we’re setting up a field hospital, which will be staffed bypersonnel from the u.s. public health service, and a training facility, where we’re gettingready to train thousands of health workers from around the world. we’re distributing suppliesand information kits to hundreds of thousands of families so they can better protectthemselves. and together with our partners, we’ll quickly build new treatment units acrossliberia, guinea and sierra leone, where thousands will be able to receive care.

meanwhile, in just the past week, more countries and organizations have stepped up theirefforts -- and so has the united nations. mr. secretary-general, the new un mission for ebolaemergency response that you announced last week will bring all of the u.n.’s resources tobear in fighting the epidemic. we thank you for your leadership.

so this is all progress, and it is encouraging. but i want us to be clear: we are not moving fastenough. we are not doing enough. right now, everybody has the best of intentions, but peopleare not putting in the kinds of resources that are necessary to put a stop to this epidemic.there is still a significant gap between where we are and where we need to be. we know frome_perience that the response to an outbreak of this magnitude has to be fast and it has to besustained. it’s a marathon, but you have to run it like a sprint. and that’s only possible ifeverybody chips in, if every nation and every organization takes this seriously. everybody herehas to do more.

international organizations have to move faster, and cut through red tape and mobilize partnerson the ground as only they can. more nations need to contribute critical assets andcapabilities -- whether it is air transport, or medical evacuation, or health care workers, orequipment, or treatment. more foundations can tap into the networks of support that theyhave, to raise funds and awareness. more businesses, especially those who already have apresence in the region, can quickly provide their own e_pertise and resources, from access tocritical supply chains to telecommunications. and more citizens -- of all nations -- can educatethemselves on this crisis, contribute to relief efforts, and call on their leaders to act. soeverybody can do something. that’s why we’re here today.

and even as we meet the urgent threat of ebola, it’s clear that our nations have to do more toprevent, detect and respond to future biological threats -- before they erupt into full-blowncrises. tomorrow, in washington, i’ll host 44 nations to advance our global health securityagenda, and we are interested in working with any country that shares this commitment.

just to emphasize this issue of speed again. when i was down at the cdc -- and perhaps thishas already been discussed, but i want to emphasize this -- the outbreak is such where at thispoint more people will die. but the slope of the curve, how fast we can arrest the spread ofthis disease, how quickly we can contain it is within our control. and if we move fast, even ifimperfectly, then that could mean the difference between 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 deathsversus hundreds of thousands or even a million deaths. so this is not one where there should bea lot of wrangling and people waiting to see who else is doing what. everybody has got to movefast in order for us to make a difference. and if we do, we’ll save hundreds of thousands of lives.

stopping ebola is a priority for the united states. i’ve said that this is as important a nationalsecurity priority for my team as anything else that’s out there. we’ll do our part. we willcontinue to lead, but this has to be a priority for everybody else. we cannot do this alone. wedon’t have the capacity to do all of this by ourselves. we don’t have enough health workers byourselves. we can build the infrastructure and the architecture to get help in, but we’re goingto need others to contribute.

to my fellow leaders from liberia, sierra leone and guinea, to the people of west africa, to theheroic health workers who are on the ground as we speak, in some cases, putting themselvesat risk -- i want you to know that you are not alone. we’re working urgently to get you the helpyou need. and we will not stop, we will not relent until we halt this epidemic once and for all.

so i want to thank all of you for the efforts that are made. but i hope that i’m properlycommunicating a sense of urgency here. do not stand by, thinking that somehow, because ofwhat we’ve done, that it’s taken care of. it’s not. and if we don’t take care of this now we aregoing to see fallout effects and secondary effects from this that will have ramifications for a longtime, above and beyond the lives that will have been lost.

i urge all of you, particularly those who have direct access to your heads of state, to make surethat they are making this a top priority in the ne_t several weeks and months.

thank you very much.

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thank you. thank you very much. (applause.) thank you so much. please,please, have aseat. thank you.

what a singular honor it is forme to be here today. i want to thank,first and foremost, thejohnson family for giving us this opportunity and thegraciousness with which michelle and ihave been received.

we came down a little bit latebecause we were upstairs looking at some of the e_hibits andsome of theprivate offices that were used by president johnson and mrs. johnson. and michellewas in particular interested to-- of a recording in which lady bird is critiquing presidentjohnson’sperformance. (laughter.) and she said, come, come, you need to listento this. (laughter.) and she pressed the button and nodded herhead. some things do not change --(laughter) -- even 50 years later.

to all the members of congress,the warriors for justice, the elected officials andcommunity leaders who arehere today -- i want to thank you.

four days into his suddenpresidency -- and the night before he would address a jointsession of thecongress in which he once served -- lyndon johnson sat around a table withhisclosest advisors, preparing his remarks to a shattered and grieving nation.

he wanted to call on senators andrepresentatives to pass a civil rights bill -- the mostsweeping sincereconstruction. and most of his staffcounseled him against it. they said itwashopeless; that it would anger powerful southern democrats and committeechairmen; that itrisked derailing the rest of his domestic agenda. and one particularly bold aide said he didnotbelieve a president should spend his time and power on lost causes, howeverworthy they mightbe. to which, it issaid, president johnson replied, "well, what the hell’s the presidencyfor?" (laughter and applause.) what the hell’s the presidency for if not tofight for causes youbelieve in?

today, as we commemorate the 50thanniversary of the civil rights act, we honor the menand women who made itpossible. some of them are heretoday. we celebrate giants like johnlewisand andrew young and julian bond. werecall the countless unheralded americans, blackand white, students andscholars, preachers and housekeepers -- whose names are etched notonmonuments, but in the hearts of their loved ones, and in the fabric of thecountry theyhelped to change.

but we also gather here, deep inthe heart of the state that shaped him, to recall one giantman’s remarkableefforts to make real the promise of our founding: "we hold these truths to beself-evident,that all men are created equal."

those of us who have had thesingular privilege to hold the office of the presidency knowwell that progressin this country can be hard and it can be slow, frustrating andsometimesyou’re stymied. the office humblesyou. you’re reminded daily that in thisgreatdemocracy, you are but a relay swimmer in the currents of history, boundby decisions madeby those who came before, reliant on the efforts of those whowill follow to fully vindicate yourvision.

but the presidency also affords aunique opportunity to bend those currents -- by shapingour laws and by shapingour debates; by working within the confines of the world as it is, butalso byreimagining the world as it should be.

this was president johnson’sgenius. as a master of politics and thelegislative process, hegrasped like few others the power of government tobring about change.

lbj was nothing if not arealist. he was well aware that the lawalone isn’t enough to changehearts and minds. a full century after lincoln’s time, he said, "until justice is blind tocolor, untileducation is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcernedwith the color of men’s skins,emancipation will be a proclamation but not afact."

he understood laws couldn’taccomplish everything. but he also knewthat only the law couldanchor change, and set hearts and minds on a differentcourse. and a lot of americansneededthe law’s most basic protections at that time. as dr. king said at the time, "it may betrue that the law can’t make a manlove me but it can keep him from lynching me, and i thinkthat’s pretty important." (applause.)

and passing laws was what lbjknew how to do. no one knew politics andno one lovedlegislating more than president johnson. he was charming when he needed to be,ruthlesswhen required. (laughter.) he could wear you down with logic andargument. he could horsetrade, and hecould flatter. "you come with me on thisbill," he would reportedly tell a keyrepublican leader from my home stateduring the fight for the civil rights bill, "and 200 yearsfrom now,schoolchildren will know only two names: abraham lincoln and everett dirksen!" (laughter.) and he knew thatsenators would believe things like that. (laughter and applause.)

president johnson likedpower. he liked the feel of it, thewielding of it. but that hunger washarnessedand redeemed by a deeper understanding of the human condition; by a sympathyforthe underdog, for the downtrodden, for the outcast. and it was a sympathy rooted in hisowne_perience.

as a young boy growing up in thete_as hill country, johnson knew what being poor feltlike. "poverty was so common," he would later say,"we didn’t even know it had a name." (laughter.) the family homedidn’t have electricity or indoor plumbing. everybody workedhard, including the children. president johnson had known the metallictaste of hunger; the feelof a mother’s calloused hands, rubbed raw fromwashing and cleaning and holding a householdtogether. his cousin ava remembered sweltering daysspent on her hands and knees in thecotton fields, with lyndon whisperingbeside her, "boy, there’s got to be a better way to make aliving thanthis. there’s got to be a better way."

it wasn’t until years later whenhe was teaching at a so-called me_ican school in a tiny townin te_as that hecame to understand how much worse the persistent pain of poverty could beforother races in a jim crow south. oftentimes his students would show up to class hungry.and when he’d visit their homes, he’d meetfathers who were paid slave wages by the farmersthey worked for. those children were taught, he would latersay, "that the end of life is in a beetrow, a spinach field, or a cottonpatch."

deprivation and discrimination --these were not abstractions to lyndon baines johnson.he knew that poverty and injustice are asinseparable as opportunity and justice are joined.so that was in him from an early age.

now, like any of us, he was not aperfect man. his e_periences in ruralte_as may havestretched his moral imagination, but he was ambitious, veryambitious, a young man in a hurryto plot his own escape from poverty and tochart his own political career. and inthe jim crowsouth, that meant not challenging convention. during his first 20 years in congress,heopposed every civil rights bill that came up for a vote, once calling the pushfor federallegislation "a farce and a sham." he was chosen as a vice presidential nominee in part becauseof hisaffinity with, and ability to deliver, that southern white vote. and at the beginning of thekennedy administration,he shared with president kennedy a caution towards racialcontroversy.

but marchers kept marching. four little girls were killed in achurch. bloody sundayhappened. the winds of change blew. and when the time came, when lbj stood in theovaloffice -- i picture him standing there, taking up the entire doorframe,looking out over thesouth lawn in a quiet moment -- and asked himself what thetrue purpose of his office was for,what was the endpoint of his ambitions, hewould reach back in his own memory and he’dremember his own e_perience withwant.

and he knew that he had a uniquecapacity, as the most powerful white politician from thesouth, to not merelychallenge the convention that had crushed the dreams of so many, buttoultimately dismantle for good the structures of legal segregation. he’s the only guy whocould do it -- and heknew there would be a cost, famously saying the democratic party may"have lostthe south for a generation."

that’s what his presidency wasfor. that’s where he meets hismoment. and possessed withan iron will,possessed with those skills that he had honed so many years in congress,pushedand supported by a movement of those willing to sacrifice everything for theirownliberation, president johnson fought for and argued and horse traded andbullied and persuadeduntil ultimately he signed the civil rights act into law.

and he didn’t stop there -- eventhough his advisors again told him to wait, again told himlet the dust settle,let the country absorb this momentous decision. he shook them off. "themeat inthe coconut," as president johnson would put it, was the voting rights act, sohe foughtfor and passed that as well. immigration reform came shortly after. and then, a fair housingact. andthen, a health care law that opponents described as "socialized medicine" thatwouldcurtail america’s freedom, but ultimately freed millions of seniors fromthe fear that illnesscould rob them of dignity and security in their goldenyears, which we now know today asmedicare. (applause.)

what president johnson understoodwas that equality required more than the absence ofoppression. it required the presence of economicopportunity. he wouldn’t be as eloquentasdr. king would be in describing that linkage, as dr. king moved intomobilizing sanitationworkers and a poor people’s movement, but he understoodthat connection because he hadlived it. a decent job, decent wages, health care -- those, too, were civil rightsworth fightingfor. an economy wherehard work is rewarded and success is shared, that was his goal. and heknew, as someone who had seen the newdeal transform the landscape of his te_as childhood,who had seen thedifference electricity had made because of the tennessee valley authority,thetransformation concretely day in and day out in the life of his own family, heunderstood thatgovernment had a role to play in broadening prosperity to allthose who would strive for it.

"we want to open the gates toopportunity," president johnson said, "but we are also goingto give all ourpeople, black and white, the help they need to walk through those gates."

now, if some of this soundsfamiliar, it’s because today we remain locked in this same greatdebate aboutequality and opportunity, and the role of government in ensuring each. as wastrue 50 years ago, there are those whodismiss the great society as a failed e_periment and anencroachment onliberty; who argue that government has become the true source of all thatailsus, and that poverty is due to the moral failings of those who suffer fromit. there are alsothose who argue,john, that nothing has changed; that racism is so embedded in our dnathatthere is no use trying politics -- the game is rigged.

but such theories ignore history. yes, it’s true that, despite laws like thecivil rights act,and the voting rights act and medicare, our society is stillracked with division and poverty.yes,race still colors our political debates, and there have been governmentprograms that havefallen short. in atime when cynicism is too often passed off as wisdom, it’s perhaps easytoconclude that there are limits to change; that we are trapped by our ownhistory; and politicsis a fool’s errand, and we’d be better off if we rollback big chunks of lbj’s legacy, or at least ifwe don’t put too much of ourhope, invest too much of our hope in our government.

i reject such thinking. (applause.) not just because medicare and medicaid have liftedmillions fromsuffering; not just because the poverty rate in this nation would be farworsewithout food stamps and head start and all the great society programs thatsurvive tothis day. i reject suchcynicism because i have lived out the promise of lbj’s efforts. becausemichelle has lived out the legacy ofthose efforts. because my daughters havelived out thelegacy of those efforts. because i and millions of my generation were in a position to takethebaton that he handed to us. (applause.)

because of the civil rightsmovement, because of the laws president johnson signed, newdoors ofopportunity and education swung open for everybody -- not all at once, but theyswungopen. not just blacks and whites,but also women and latinos; and asians and nativeamericans; and gay americansand americans with a disability. theyswung open for you, andthey swung open for me. and that’s why i’m standing here today -- because of thoseefforts,because of that legacy. (applause.)

and that means we’ve got a debtto pay. that means we can’t afford to becynical. half acentury later, the lawslbj passed are now as fundamental to our conception of ourselves andourdemocracy as the constitution and the bill of rights. they are foundational; an essentialpiece ofthe american character.

but we are here today because weknow we cannot be complacent. forhistory travels notonly forwards; history can travel backwards, history cantravel sideways. and securing thegainsthis country has made requires the vigilance of its citizens. our rights, our freedoms --they are notgiven. they must be won. they must be nurtured through struggle anddiscipline,and persistence and faith.

and one concern i have sometimesduring these moments, the celebration of the signing ofthe civil rights act,the march on washington -- from a distance, sometimes thesecommemorations seeminevitable, they seem easy. all the painand difficulty and struggle anddoubt -- all that is rubbed away. and we look at ourselves and we say, oh,things are just toodifferent now; wecouldn’t possibly do what was done then -- these giants, whattheyaccomplished. and yet, they were men andwomen, too. it wasn’t easy then. it wasn’tcertain then.

still, the story of america is astory of progress. however slow, howeverincomplete, howeverharshly challenged at each point on our journey, howeverflawed our leaders, however manytimes we have to take a quarter of a loaf orhalf a loaf -- the story of america is a story ofprogress. and that’s true because of men like presidentlyndon baines johnson. (applause.

in so many ways, he embodiedamerica, with all our gifts and all our flaws, in all ourrestlessness and allour big dreams. this man -- born intopoverty, weaned in a world full ofracial hatred -- somehow found within himselfthe ability to connect his e_perience with thebrown child in a small te_astown; the white child in appalachia; the black child in watts. aspowerful as he became in that oval office,he understood them. he understood whatit meant tobe on the outside. and hebelieved that their plight was his plight too; that his freedomultimately waswrapped up in theirs; and that making their lives better was what the hellthepresidency was for. (applause.)

and those children were on hismind when he strode to the podium that night in the housechamber, when hecalled for the vote on the civil rights law. "it never occurred to me," he said, "in my fondest dreams that i mighthave the chance to help the sons and daughters of thosestudents" that he hadtaught so many years ago, "and to help people like them all overthiscountry. but now i do have thatchance. and i’ll let you in on a secret-- i mean to use it.and i hope that youwill use it with me." (applause.)

that was lbj’s greatness. that’s why we remember him. and if there is one thing that heand thisyear’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson i hope that malia andsasha andyoung people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enougheffort, and enoughempathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, peoplewho love their country canchange it.

in his final year, presidentjohnson stood on this stage, racked with pain, battered by thecontroversies ofvietnam, looking far older than his 64 years, and he delivered what would behisfinal public speech.

"we have proved that greatprogress is possible," he said. "we knowhow much still remainsto be done. andif our efforts continue, and if our will is strong, and if our hearts areright, and ifcourage remains our constant companion, then, my fellowamericans, i am confident, weshall overcome." (applause.)

we shall overcome. we, the citizens of the united states. like dr. king, like abrahamlincoln, likecountless citizens who have driven this country ine_orably forward, presidentjohnsonknew that ours in the end is a story of optimism, a story ofachievement and constant strivingthat is unique upon this earth. he knew because he had lived that story. he believed thattogether we can build anamerica that is more fair, more equal, and more free than the oneweinherited. he believed we make our owndestiny. and in part because of him, wemust believeit as well.

thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. (applause.)

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mrs. obama: i see tears. i do. wow, abby, amazing. we"re so proud of you. man, good stuff!very good stuff.

you guys, welcome to the white house. let"s say that again – welcome to the white house!

this is the whole house"s favorite event – the kids" state dinner. look at this place. do youknow how many people put time and effort into making this as amazing as it can be for you? solet"s give everyone who helped put this event together a wonderful round of

and i want to again thank abby for her amazing introduction, but more importantly, forlistening to what i said about paying it forward. i thank you. i need you to talk to my children.listen to me. abby, great job. so proud of you, babe, really.

i also want to thank pbs and wgbh boston for their tremendous generosity in sponsoring ourkids" state dinner and our healthy lunchtime challenge. so i want to give them another roundof

and, of course, to tanya. tanya, this is just a great partnership. you are amazing. there youare. the work you do is amazing. and it"s always so much fun seeing you here at this event.thank you for everything that you do year after year.

i also want to acknowledge all the folks from the department of education and thedepartment of agriculture. they make a fabulous set of partners on so much of the work thatwe do. and i know we have representatives from those departments here, so i want to thankyou all for the great work that you do. well done.

and how about we give a shout-out to the parents and siblings and grandparents who – yes – (– who got you all here today. let"s give them a round of we want to say officially thank you,families, for encouraging these young people – even when they made a mess in the kitchen.but i"m sure they cleaned up, too. right? thank you all. thank you for raising and being part ofraising such wonderful young men and women. and it"s wonderful to have you all here. theycouldn"t do it without you and without that support. so we are celebrating you all as well.

and finally, most of all, congratulations to all of this year"s 55 healthy lunchtime challengewinners! that"s you! and you, and you! yes! just so that our press understands – welcomepress – (– all our young press people. this is the only time we let kids in the press pool. youguys do your jobs. do your jobs over there. don"t let the grown-ups push you out of the way.

nearly 1,000 kids entered this contest – 1,000! right? this was a real competition. but aftercountless hours of prepping and taste-testing your recipes, our panel of distinguished judges– some of whom are here today, including deb – she ate every bite – (– decided that yourmeals were the healthiest, tastiest, and most fun dishes to cook and to eat!

so you had many hurdles to overcome. it had to be healthy, tasty, and good to eat, and youdid it! yes! fabulous! and you look so good! you all are so handsome and gorgeous. so you cancook and your smart and you look great, and you"re here at the white house. it"s justwonderful.

you blew the judges away with your talent and creativity. you included fruits and veggies fromevery color of the rainbow in your recipes. you used all kinds of ingredients – fla_ seed – doany of the adults even know what fla_ seed is? cumin, and we have yellow miso paste that wasincluded in one of the recipes – pretty sophisticated.

and you came up with some of the catchiest recipe names imaginable – one of my favorites,mango-cango chicken. who is our mango – where is our mango-cango young man? there youare. mango-cango. we had fizzle sizzle stir fry. who created fizzle sizzle stir fry? where isour – there you go! and then, sam"s southern savoring salmon supreme – or s to the 5thpower. sam, was that you? and so many more. you guys have the menus. we"re tasting just afew of them. one is the mic-kale obama slaw – what is that? i love that one.

and your reasons for creating these dishes were as varied as the ingredients, as tanya said.some of you play sports and you realize that you need good nutrition to be able to compete.as hannah betts – where"s hannah? hannah, where are you? hannah! this is what hannahbetts, our winner from connecticut, said – this is her quote – she said, “i do gymnastics andswimming, so i need food that is going to fill me up and give me lots of energy.” outstanding.

for some of you, cooking is a way to bond with your families and relive happy memories fromwhen you were little. and that"s why feli_ gonzalez – feli_, where are you? there you go, thereyou go. you told me this story in the photo line. he"s from puerto rico. he created his “wrap itup” chicken wrap – and this is his quote – he said, “i decided to make this dish as a wrapbecause i was thinking about the fun times when my dad wrapped me up as a burrito – (– witha blanket when i was a small child.” yeah, cool, dude. cool.

some of you became interested in cooking because you were worried about your friends"unhealthy eating habits. something that i try to work with my friends on all the time. now,izzy washburn from kentucky actually did – this is izzy – raise your hand. izzy right there. shedid a science e_periment comparing school lunches to the lunches her friends brought fromhome, and the school lunches turned out to be healthier, according to your e_periment.

and that wasn"t always the case. we all know that we"ve seen some tremendous improvementsin our school lunches over these years. and it actually took a whole lot of work by people in yourschool cafeterias to actually accomplish this goal.

back in 2024, based on some advice that we got from doctors and nutritionists and scientists inthis country, we realized that we needed to improve the quality of school meals by addingfruits and veggies and whole grains. and it required a lot – a little energy to make that happen,a little pushing back. but right now, today, 95 percent of schools in this country are nowmeeting those new standards. and that"s a wonderful achievement.

so now tens of millions of kids are now getting better nutrition every single day. just like abbypointed out, there are many kids who go to school and they don"t have breakfast, and breakfastis the most important meal of the day. so you imagine, now the schools all over this country areproviding that kind of nutrition so kids who might not get that nutrition at home are gettingit at school. this is an important step forward. and i know you guys all agree because youunderstand the importance of healthy eating.

so i know that izzy certainly believes so. this is her quote – she said, “it"s important to teachmy friends what good choices look like and how what fuel they choose for their bodies affectshow they perform throughout their day.” very wise for such a little-bitty person.

and that"s why we created let"s move and started hosting these kids" state dinners – because,as abby said in her remarks, we want you guys to be ambassadors and to talk about healthyeating in your schools and in your communities.

so that"s really one of the things – one of the things you will do to pay for this opportunity isthat you"re going to pay it forward, and hopefully when you go back, you"ll not only share thise_perience with your friends and family, but you"ll also talk about why we"re doing this. becausea lot of kids don"t understand that food is fuel in a very fundamental way. and sometimesthey don"t listen to grown-ups, and they don"t listen to the first lady. but many of them willlisten to you because you"re living proof of that reality.

so i want you to kind of think about how you can move this issue forward in your communities.what more can you do when you get back home to continue this conversation and to engagemore young people in the work that you all do. that"s the only thing that i ask of you – and justto keep being the amazing, wonderful human beings that you are.

we developed this really cool – we worked with a pr firm to develop this really cool campaignfor fruits and vegetables called fnv. and it"s being piloted in certain parts of the country. theidea behind the campaign is very simple: if unhealthy foods can have all kinds ofadvertisements and celebrity endorsements, then why can"t we do that for fruits andvegetables? right?

so we"ve got jessica alba involved, and colin kaepernick, and nick jonas, and steph curry. ijust saw a full-page ad in a paper with steph in a suit and a basketball, talking about theimportance of veggies. and so many other athletes and celebrities have signed up to show theirsupport for fruits and vegetables.

and now we need you guys to sign up. you can get involved in this campaign. it involves t-shirts and fans and sweat bands, and there are things that you can do to be engaged – lot offun. all you have to do is go to fnv.com to check it out and figure out how you can join thefnv team. and you guys will be among the first ambassadors through fnv. so, soon as you getout of here – don"t pull out any phones right now. go to fnv and check it out. and then tell uswhat you think – because we want your feedback.

so really, there"s so many ways that you guys can be leaders in your communities and help usbuild a healthier country for generations to come.

and with your award-winning recipes, you"re already well on your way. and i"m so proud ofeverything you all are doing. the president is so proud of everything you all are doing. and ijust want you all to keep going, have fun.

and now we get to eat. we get to try some of the – yes, we get to eat. so bon appétit,everyone. let"s get going! let"s eat!

oh, wait! wait! (the president enters.) we have one more thing – i"m sorry. i know you"rehungry, but i"d like to introduce to you guys the president of the united states.