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And just as we keep our keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
Those stories - of survival, and freedom, and hope - became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts.
And when the Civil War was fought and our country dedicated itself to a new birth of freedom, they took on the problems of an industrializing nation - fighting the crimes against society and the sins against God that they felt were being committed in our factories and in our slums. Six million Jews were killed - more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. So I've got news for you, John McCain. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. But we can only achieve it together.
God bless you.