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This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it. And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It wasn't until after college, when I went to Chicago to work as a community organizer for a group of Christian churches, that I confronted my own spiritual dilemma. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. It is where our union grows stronger. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
And slowly, I came to realize that something was missing as well - that without an anchor for my beliefs, without a commitment to a particular community of faith, at some level I would always remain apart, and alone. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. There will be many issues to discuss between our two countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of mutual respect.
The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty; joined Patton's army, marched across Europe. They're looking to relieve a chronic loneliness. And God is still speaking. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed. But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq's democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012.
And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. These are some of the challenges that test our conscience - as Americans and people of faith. No, the word is very near. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. That is why the U.S.
Thank you very much everybody.