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and the people there assembled, and he looked out at the crowd in front of him and the people of around the country who were watching on television, and he told a daunting task that he was asked to do. my father was asked to write a letter to be put into a time capsule that would be opened on the 300th anniversary of the united states of america. he said, what a daunting task, to be asked to write a letter to a people who would know everything about us, but we knew nothing about that. what do i write about? do i write about nuclear proliferation? he set to write about freedom? freedom is so important. he said, but if we do not make the right decision today, the people that live on on the 300th anniversary may very well not have the freedom to open up the time capsule to read the letter that in fact he has put into it. that is how important this election is because are we not losing our freedoms one by one, each and every day? it is not the government that is encroaching on our lives more and more every day? do you worry about your freedoms being taken away? get those a chance to freedom
and the people there assembled, and he looked out at the crowd in front of him and the people of around the country who were watching on television, and he told a daunting task that he was asked to do. my father was asked to write a letter to be put into a time capsule that would be opened on the 300th anniversary of the united states of america. he said, what a daunting task, to be asked to write a letter to a people who would know everything about us, but we knew nothing about that. what do i...
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passing new legislation to protect the right of assembly and the rights of workers. beginning to provide humanitarian access for the united nations and ngo's to conflict areas and establishing the national human rights commission. as i said in december, the united states will meet action with action. based on the steps taken so far, we will vow began -- we will now begin. at the direction of president obama, we will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with burma. we will identify a candidate to serve as u.s. ambassador to represent the united states government and our broader efforts to strengthen and deepen our ties with both the people and the government. this is a lengthy process that will depend on continuing progress and reform. an american ambassador will help strengthen our efforts to support the historic and promising steps that are now unfolding. i have also instructed my team at the state department to identify further steps that the united states can take in conjunction with our friends and allies to support the reforms underway. i intend to call t
passing new legislation to protect the right of assembly and the rights of workers. beginning to provide humanitarian access for the united nations and ngo's to conflict areas and establishing the national human rights commission. as i said in december, the united states will meet action with action. based on the steps taken so far, we will vow began -- we will now begin. at the direction of president obama, we will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with burma. we will identify a...
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so we can make clear that a general assembly, which has country's smaller than our counties, should not be taken seriously because it is increasingly an anti-american assembly and it has been growing more and more so for the last 30 years. our state department, far from standing up to it, we recently held a conference with the organization of islamic countries in order to talk about how to sensor americans from criticizing islam in a way which i regard as the most fundamental betrayal of the american system you can imagine. we have to stand up for our civilization and we have to stand up for our sovereignty. we have to stand up for america as a country that is exceptional. i do not care if that irritates the international leaders and i do not care if it bothers the new york colleagues. -- elites. [applause] >> one-third of south carolina's congressional delegation is african-american, which may well be the highest percentage in all of congress. our governor is of indian descent and i cannot think of a single ruble allegation of repression in my 16 years as a prosecutor. how much lon
so we can make clear that a general assembly, which has country's smaller than our counties, should not be taken seriously because it is increasingly an anti-american assembly and it has been growing more and more so for the last 30 years. our state department, far from standing up to it, we recently held a conference with the organization of islamic countries in order to talk about how to sensor americans from criticizing islam in a way which i regard as the most fundamental betrayal of the...
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is a mess, and too often its general assembly is dominated by a anti-american sentiment. i would bring in other democracies to operate without being surrounded by dictatorships. there's a lot to be reformed in the u.s., but i would just not walk off from it. >> what do you think is your biggest weakness? >> what do i think is my biggest weakness? [laughter] >> do not look at her. >> probably that i am to reasonable and i should have responded to the negative and two weeks earlier. yes, ma'am? >> can you explain why you did the commercial with ms. pelosi, and what changed? you said it is one of your biggest mistakes, so what changed because of that? >> there are two parts of it. i was just looking at the commercial, which fox is playing once again without explaining it. the question i was trying to reach was, and conservatives be in the middle of an environmental debate and represent a conservative solution to the environment? i taught environmental studies. i think the environment does matter, and i think the conservatives should be pro- environment because we all want cl
is a mess, and too often its general assembly is dominated by a anti-american sentiment. i would bring in other democracies to operate without being surrounded by dictatorships. there's a lot to be reformed in the u.s., but i would just not walk off from it. >> what do you think is your biggest weakness? >> what do i think is my biggest weakness? [laughter] >> do not look at her. >> probably that i am to reasonable and i should have responded to the negative and two...