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They have killed in many countries. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
The hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. He does not say health care or the economy. And you know what - it's worked before. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed.
They know those things. I thought of the 900 men and women - sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, who won't be returning to their own hometowns.
From his heroic service to Vietnam, to his years as a prosecutor and lieutenant governor, through two decades in the United States Senate, he has devoted himself to this country. John Edwards calls on us to hope. We need to heed the biblical call to care for "the least of these" and lift the poor out of despair.
Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.