Obama Ipsum

The most presidential lorem ipsum in history.

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So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. He simply says to everyone in the room, "I am here because of Ashley." But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory. We know that is God's vision.

Their experience is the immigrant experience - as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. Many bring up a specific issue.

And we should close Guantanamo Bay and stop tolerating the torture of our enemies. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington. Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims.

Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.

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. I'm hearing from progressives who understand that if we want to communicate our hopes and values to Americans, we can't abandon the field of religious discourse. So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That is why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who have been displaced.

Thank you, and God bless America.