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My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. 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.
E pluribus unum. This is the hope of all humanity. But we can only achieve it together.
And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. They all have different stories and reasons. As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do - to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government.
The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
The hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. Like other predominantly black churches across the country, Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety - the doctor and the welfare mom, the model student and the former gang-banger. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all. I am emphasizing such investments within my country.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.