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Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. And while America in the past has focused on oil and gas in this part of the world, we now seek a broader engagement.
That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. We were born out of revolution against an empire. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. I know there are many - Muslim and non-Muslim - who question whether we can forge this new beginning.
In the following century, men and women of faith waded into the battles over prison reform and temperance, public education and women's rights - and above all, abolition. For decades, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive.
She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. I'm talking about something more substantial. We believe that everyone, everywhere should be loved, and given the chance to work, and raise a family. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear. Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build.
My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won't be fulfilling God's will unless I go out and do the Lord's work. Because I've seen it.
Thank you very much everybody.