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>>> ANDREW WEISSMANN IS GOING

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TO BE JOINING US TONIGHT WITH

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SOME TRUMP NEWS, BUT FIRST I’M

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GOING TO TELL YOU THE MOST

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HOPEFUL STORY I KNOW.

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IT IS A STORY ABOUT THE PLACE

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WHERE JOE BIDEN WENT TODAY.

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THE PLACE WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS

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APPLAUDED BY GRATEFUL PEOPLE

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FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

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IT IS A DANGEROUS PLACE.

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THAT IS THE TITLE OF DANIEL

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PATRICK MOYNIHAN’S BOOK ABOUT

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HIS SERVICE AS AMBASSADOR TO

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THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE 1970S

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BEFORE NEW YORK VOTERS ELECTED

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HIM TO FOUR TERMS IN THE

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SENATE, WHERE I WENT TO WORK

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FOR HIM IN THE 1990S.

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THE TITLE, A DANGEROUS PLACE,

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REFERRED TO THE WORLD AND THE

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PLACE WHERE THE WORLD BEGAN

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TOGETHER AFTER WORLD WAR II TO

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PREVENT ANOTHER WORLD WAR, THE

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UNITED NATIONS.

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AMBASSADOR MOYNAHAN SERVED AT

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THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WHERE

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WHEN THE UNITED STATES AND

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SOVIET UNION HAD MISSILES AIMED

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AT EACH OTHER AND READY TO

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LAUNCH IN SECONDS.

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IT DID NOT SOFTEN THE LANGUAGE

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ABOUT THE IMPERIALISTIC

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DICTATORSHIP.

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MANY YEARS LATER, HE DISCOVERED

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THE POWER OF THOSE HARSH WORDS.

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IT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME

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VISITING THE NEWS DIVISION IN

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THE BUILDING WHERE I NOW WORK.

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I WAS STAFFING SENATOR MOYNIHAN

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FOR AN APPEARANCE ON THE TODAY

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SHOW.

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IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THE

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COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION,

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SOMETHING NO ONE IN THE CIA OR

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAD

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PREDICTED EXCEPT SENATOR

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MOYNIHAN.

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IN 1979, SENATOR  MOYNIHAN SAID

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THE SOVIET UNION WAS

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UNSUSTAINABLE.

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IT COULD BLOW UP, HE SAID.

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A DOZEN YEARS LATER IT DID.

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ACROSS THE LARGE GREEN ROOM

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FULL OF BREAKFAST SNACKS AND

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COFFEE AT THE TODAY SHOW WAS

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THE NEW RUSSIAN DELEGATION TO

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THE UNITED NATIONS.

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THE POST-SOVIET DELEGATION.

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THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WAS

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SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ON THE

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TODAY SHOW AFTER THE SENATOR.

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WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM THAT

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MORNING CHANGED MY

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UNDERSTANDING OF THE POSSIBLE.

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IT CHANGED MY UNDERSTANDING OF

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THE WORLD AND IT CHANGED THE

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WAY I LISTEN TO PRESIDENT

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BIDEN’S FINAL WORDS.

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TO THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY.

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IN OUR CORNER OF THAT ROOM,

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SENATOR MOYNIHAN WAS WHISPERING

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TO ME ABOUT THE  RUSSIANS HE

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RECOGNIZED FROM ALMOST 20 YEARS

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AGO.

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HE WAS POINTING OUT THE ONES HE

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THOUGHT WERE MAYBE KGB AGENTS.

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A PRODUCER ENTERED TO LEAD THE

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SENATOR TO THE SET, BUT SENATOR

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MOYNIHAN  TOOK HIS FIRST STEP

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OUT OF THE ROOM WITH ME

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TRAILING HIM IN THE DOORWAY.

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A ROUGH OYSTER RUSSIAN MAN WHO

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WAS ONE OF THE SUSPECTED FORMER

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KGB AGENTS CAME RUSHING UP

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BEHIND ME, SAYING SOMETHING

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THAT SOUNDED LIKE RUSSIAN OVER

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MY SOUL -- MY SHOULDER TO THE

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SENATOR.

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HE SAID IT AGAIN.

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IT WAS NOT RUSSIAN, IT WAS

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HEAVILY ACCENTED ENGLISH.

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WE STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT.

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IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD

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TIME HE SAID IT THAT I NOTICED

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HOW BIG HIS SMILE WAS.

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HOW ADMIRINGLY HE WAS LOOKING

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UP AT SENATOR MOYNIHAN, WHO

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TOWERED OVER BOTH OF US.

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SUDDENLY THE HEAVILY ACCENTED

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WORDS MADE SENSE TO BOTH OF US

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AND THE SENATOR’S FACE BROKE

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INTO THE BIGGEST SMILE I HAD

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EVER SEEN ON HIM.

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THE RUSSIAN, POSSIBLY FORMER

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KGB GUY WAS SAYING WE WERE

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LISTENING.

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SENATOR MOYNIHAN  LOOKED NEAR

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TEARS OF JOY.

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I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM SO

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THRILLED OR EVEN SLIGHTLY

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THRILLED FOR THAT MATTER.

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WE BOTH SAID THANK YOU TO THE

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RUSSIAN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

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HE BEAMED ONE MORE WE ARE

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LISTENING AND THE SENATOR THAN

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HAD TO FLY ONTO THE TODAY SHOW

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SET.

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WE ARE LISTENING, MEANING WHEN

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YOU STOOD UP IN WHAT SEEMED

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LIKE THE MOST HOPELESS AND

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INEFFECTUAL PROTESTS AGAINST

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WHAT THE SOVIET UNION WAS

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DOING, THE SOVIET UNION WAS

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LISTENING.

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SOME OF US WERE LISTENING.

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WE WERE LISTENING.

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IT WAS A VALIDATION OF DANIEL

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PATRICK MOYNIHAN’S LIFEWORK

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FIRST AS A TEACHER, A HARVARD

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PROFESSOR TRYING TO IMPORT

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IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT

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EVER REALLY KNOWING  IF THOSE

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KIDS WERE EVER REALLY

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LISTENING.

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THEN AS AMBASSADOR TO INDIA

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BEFORE BECOMING AMBASSADOR TO

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THE UNITED NATIONS AND THEN AS

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A SENATOR.

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WE WERE LISTENING TO WHAT HE

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WAS HOPING FOR.

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THAT’S THE FIRST THING.

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THE NECESSARY THING.

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LISTENING, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE

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LISTENING MAYBE WE CAN SOLVE

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THIS PROBLEM.

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MAYBE WE CAN SOLVE THE BIGGEST

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PROBLEM.

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MAYBE WE CAN END WARS.

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MAYBE WE CAN SAVE LIVES.

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MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DANGEROUS

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PLACE LESS DANGEROUS.

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THE SOVIET UNION EXISTED FOR

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DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN’S

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ENTIRE LIFETIME BEFORE IT

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COLLAPSED.

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THE BERLIN WALL EXISTED FOR MY

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ENTIRE LIFETIME BEFORE IT

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COLLAPSED.

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PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD IN THEIR

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TRACKS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS FOR

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TRYING TO CROSS THE BERLIN WALL

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AND ESCAPE THE SOVIET CONTROL

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DICTATORSHIP OF EAST GERMANY.

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PEOPLE GOT EXECUTED ON THE SPOT

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TRYING TO CLIMB THAT WALL

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BECAUSE THAT WALL COMING DOWN

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WAS UNIMAGINABLE.

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NO ONE DARED TO HOPE THAT WALL

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WOULD COME DOWN.

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PEOPLE DIED TRYING TO CLIMB

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THAT WALL BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED

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IT WOULD NEVER COME DOWN.

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THE BERLIN WALL WAS PERMANENT

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AND U.N. AMBASSADORS WOULD

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PROTESTED, BUT NOTHING WOULD

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HAPPEN.

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SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING.

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THEY WERE LISTENING.

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NO ONE KNEW THEY WERE LISTENING.

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UNFORTUNATELY YOU USUALLY HAVE

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TO BE OLD TO KNOW THAT THINGS

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CAN CHANGE.

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TO KNOW THAT THE HOPELESS CAN

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TURN HOPEFUL.

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THE WORLD WAR II GENERATION

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KNEW THIS.

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THE VIETNAM GENERATION LEARNED

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THIS.

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SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR MOST

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HOPELESS PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD

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TODAY, THE ONES WHERE IT FEELS

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LIKE WE ARE MAKING ABSOLUTELY

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NO PROGRESS, MONTH AFTER MONTH,

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SOMETIMES YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE

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SHOULD KNOW THAT THOSE PROBLEMS

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AREN’T MORE HOPELESS THAN THE

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BERLIN WALL WAS.

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THEY AREN’T MORE HOPELESS THAN

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THE VIETNAM WAR WAS.

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SO NOW WHEN YOU LISTEN TO AN

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OLD MAN WHO HAS SEEN IT ALL

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GIVE HIS LAST SPEECH TODAY TO

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THE UNITED NATIONS, YOU MIGHT

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WANT TO TRY LISTENING TO HIM

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THE WAY I DID.

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WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW HE

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LEARNED TO BE HOPEFUL.

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I LISTENED TO HIM TODAY WITH

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THE HOPE THAT I EARNED, IN THAT

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GREEN ROOM AT THE TODAY SHOW 30

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YEARS AGO, THE HOPE, JUST THE

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HOPE THAT THEY ARE LISTENING.

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THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE ON

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OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ISSUES AT

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THE UNITED NATIONS AND

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ELSEWHERE ARE LISTENING AND

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THAT SOMEDAY THEY WILL FIND

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EACH OTHER.

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AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE BECAUSE

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THEY WERE LISTENING, THEY WILL

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FIND A WAY TO END WARS.

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TO SAVE LIVES.

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>> MY FELLOW LEADERS, TODAY IS

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THE FOURTH TIME I HAVE HAD THE

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GREAT HONOR SPEAKING TO THIS

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ASSEMBLY AS THE PRESIDENT OF

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THE UNITED STATES.

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IT WILL BE MY LAST.

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I HAVE SEEN A REMARKABLE SWEEP

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OF HISTORY.

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I WAS FIRST ELECTED AS U.S.

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SENATOR IN 1972 AND I KNOW I

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LOOK LIKE I AM ONLY 40, I KNOW

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THAT.

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I WAS 29 YEARS OLD.

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BACK THEN WE WERE LIVING THROUGH

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AN INFLECTION POINT.

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A MOMENT OF TENSION AND

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UNCERTAINTY.

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THE WORLD WAS DIVIDED BY A COLD

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WAR.

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THE WORLD WAS HEADED TO WAR.

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AMERICA WAS AT WAR IN VIETNAM.

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AT THAT POINT THE LONGEST WAR

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IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

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THE COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED AND

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ANGRY AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS

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ABOUT OUR STAYING POWER AND OUR

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FUTURE.

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BUT EVEN THEN, I ENTERED PUBLIC

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LIFE.

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NOT OUT OF DESPAIR, BUT OUT OF

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OPTIMISM.

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THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD

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GOT THROUGH THAT MOMENT.

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IT WAS NOT EASY OR SIMPLE

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WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT SETBACKS,

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BUT WE WOULD GO ON TO REDUCE

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THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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THROUGH ARMS-CONTROL AND THEN

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GO ON TO BRING THE COLD WAR

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ITSELF TO AN END.

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ISRAEL AND ASIA WENT TO WAR AND

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THEN FORGED A HISTORIC PIECE.

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WE ENTERED THE WAR IN VIETNAM.

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THE LAST YEAR I MET WITH

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VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP.

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WE ELEVATED OUR PARTNERSHIP TO

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THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

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IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE

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RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT

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AND CAPACITY FOR RECONCILIATION.

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TODAY THE UNITED STATES AND

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VIETNAM ARE PARTNERS AND

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FRIENDS AND PROOF THAT EVEN

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WITH THE HORRORS OF WAR THERE

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IS A WAY FORWARD.

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THINGS CAN GET BETTER.

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WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT.

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I’VE SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT MY

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CAREER.

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IN THE 1980S I SPOKE OUT AGAINST

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APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA AND

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THEN I WATCHED THE RACIST

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REGIME FALL.

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AFGHANISTAN HAD REPLACED

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VIETNAM AS AMERICA’S LONGEST

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WAR.

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I WAS DETERMINED TO END IT AND

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I DID.

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IT WAS A HARD DECISION, BUT THE

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RIGHT DECISION.

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FOUR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAD

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FACED THAT DECISION, BUT I WAS

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DETERMINED NOT TO LEAVE IT TO

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THE FIFTH.

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IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TRAGEDY.

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13 BRAVE AMERICANS LOST THEIR

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LIVES ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF

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AFGHANS IN A SUICIDE BOMB.

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I THINK OF THEM EVERY DAY.

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I THINK OF ALL THE U.S.

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MILITARY DEATHS OVER A LONG 20

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YEARS OF WAR.

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20,744 SERVICEMAN WOUNDED IN

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ACTION.

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I THINK OF THEIR SERVICE AND

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SACRIFICE AND HEROISM.

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I KNOW MANY LOOK AT THE WORLD

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TODAY AND SEE DIFFICULTIES AND

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REACT WITH DESPAIR, BUT I DO

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NOT.

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I WON’T.

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AS LEADERS WE DON’T HAVE THE

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LUXURY.

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I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES FROM

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UKRAINE TO GAZA AND BEYOND.

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WAR, HUNGER, TERRORISM,

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BRUTALITY.

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RECORD DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE.

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THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

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DEMOCRACY AT RISK.

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THE PROMISE OF ARTIFICIAL

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INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNIFICANT

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RISK.

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THIS GOES ON.

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ALL I’VE SEEN AND ALL WE HAVE

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DONE TOGETHER OVER THE DECADES,

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I HAVE HOPE.

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I KNOW THERE IS A WAY FORWARD.

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THERE WILL ALWAYS BE FORCES THE

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POLAR COUNTRIES APART AND THE

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WORLD APART.

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EXTREMISM, CHAOS AND CYNICISM.

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DESIRE TO RETREAT FROM THE

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WORLD AND GO IT ALONE.

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EACH ONE IN THIS BODY HAS MADE

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A COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES

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OF THE U.N. CHARTER.

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STAND UP AGAINST AGGRESSION.

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WHEN RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE WE

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COULD’VE STOOD BY AND MERELY

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PROTESTED, BUT VICE PRESIDENT

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HARRIS AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT

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THAT WAS AN ASSAULT ON

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EVERYTHING THIS INSTITUTION WAS

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SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR.

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WE CANNOT GROW WEARY.

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WE CANNOT LOOK AWAY AND WE WILL

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NOT LET UP ON OUR SUPPORT FOR

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UKRAINE, NOT UNTIL UKRAINE WINS

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A JUST AND ENDURABLE PEACE.

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THOUSANDS OF ARMED HAMAS

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TERRORISTS INVADED A SOVEREIGN

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STATE, SLAUGHTERING AND

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MASSACRING MORE THAN 1200

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PEOPLE INCLUDING 46 AMERICANS

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IN THEIR HOMES AND AT A MUSIC

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FESTIVAL.

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DESPICABLE ACTS OF SEXUAL

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VIOLENCE.

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250 INNOCENTS TAKEN HOSTAGE.

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I MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF

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THOSE HOSTAGES.

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I HAVE GRIEVED WITH THEM.

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THEY ARE GOING THROUGH HELL.

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INNOCENT CIVILIANS  IN GAZA ARE

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ALSO GOING THROUGH HELL.

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THOUSANDS KILLED INCLUDING AID

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WORKERS.

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TOO MANY FAMILIES DISLOCATED,

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CROWDING INTO TENTS AND FACING

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A DIRE SITUATION.

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THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THIS WAR

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THAT HAMAS STARTED.

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I PUT FORWARD A CEASE-FIRE AND

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HOSTAGE DEAL.

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IT HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE

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SECURITY COUNCIL.

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NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE PARTIES

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TO FINALIZE TERMS.

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BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME AND

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SECURE SECURITY FOR ISRAEL AND

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GAZA FREE OF THE HAMAS SCRIPT,
END THIS WAR.

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END THIS WAR.

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ON OCTOBER 7 -- AS WE LOOK

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AHEAD WE MUST ALSO ADDRESS THE

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RISE OF VIOLENCE ON THE WEST

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BANK.

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SET THE CONDITIONS FOR A BETTER

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FUTURE INCLUDING A TWO STATE

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SOLUTION, WHERE ISRAEL ENJOYS

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SECURITY AND PEACE WITH

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NORMALIZED RELATIONS WITH ALL

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ITS NEIGHBORS.
SELF-DETERMINATION AND ESTATE

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SELF-DETERMINATION AND ESTATE

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OF THEIR OWN.

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GAZA IS NOT THE ONLY CONFLICT

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THAT DESERVES OUTRAGE.

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IN SUDAN THE BLOODY CIVIL WAR

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UNLEASHED ONE OF THE WORLD’S

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WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISES.

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8 MILLION, 8 MILLION ON THE

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BRINK OF FAMINE.

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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE

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ALREADY THERE.

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UNITED STATES HAS LED THE WORLD
IN PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID

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IN PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID

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TO SEDAN AND WITH OUR PARTNERS

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WE LEAD DIPLOMATIC TALKS TO TRY

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TO SILENCE THE GUNS AND AVERT

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FAMINE.

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THE WORLD NEEDS TO STOP ARMING

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THE GENERALS.

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SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE AND TELL

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THEM STOP TEARING YOUR COUNTRY

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APART.

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STOP BLOCKING AID TO THE

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SUDANESE PEOPLE.

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IN THIS WAR, NOW.

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THE U.N. NEEDS TO ADAPT AND

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BRING NEW VOICES AND NEW

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PERSPECTIVES.

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THAT IS WHY WE SUPPORT

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REFORMING AND EXPANDING THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE U.N. SECURITY

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE U.N. SECURITY

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COUNCIL.

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WE THE PEOPLE, THESE ARE THE

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FIRST WORDS OF OUR

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CONSTITUTION.

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THE VERY IDEA OF AMERICA.

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THEY INSPIRED THE OPENING WORDS

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OF THE U.N. CHARTER.

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I MADE THE PRESERVATION OF

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DEMOCRACY THE CENTRAL CAUSE OF

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MY PRESIDENCY.

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THIS SUMMER I FACED A DECISION

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WHETHER TO SEEK A SECOND TERM

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AS PRESIDENT.

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IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION.

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BEING PRESIDENT HAS BEEN THE

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HONOR OF MY LIFE.

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THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO

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GET DONE.

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AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE JOB, I

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LOVE THE COUNTRY MORE.

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I DECIDED AFTER 50 YEARS OF

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PUBLIC SERVICE IT IS TIME FOR A

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NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP TO

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TAKE MY NATION FORWARD.

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MY FELLOW LEADERS, LET US NEVER

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FORGET, SOME THINGS ARE MORE

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IMPORTANT THAN STAYING IN POWER.
IT IS YOUR PEOPLE.

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IT’S YOUR PEOPLE THAT MATTER

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IT’S YOUR PEOPLE THAT MATTER

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THE MOST.

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THAT IS THE SOUL OF DEMOCRACY.

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IT DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY ONE

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COUNTRY.

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I HAVE SEEN IT ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.

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WORLD.

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THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, ENDING

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APARTHEID, BRINGING DOWN THE

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BERLIN WALL.

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FIGHTING TODAY FOR FREEDOM AND

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JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.

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NELSON MANDELA TAUGHT US THAT

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IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE

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UNTIL IT IS DONE.

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IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE

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UNTIL IT IS DONE.

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MY FELLOW LEADERS, THERE IS

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NOTHING THAT IS BEYOND OUR

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CAPACITY IF WE WORK TOGETHER.

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LET’S WORK TOGETHER.

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GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD

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PROTECT ALL THOSE WHO SEEK

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PEACE.
THANK YOU.