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Many bring up a specific issue. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. And just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel's security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank.
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. It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. And I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.
They know they have to work hard to get ahead - and they want to. But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. They could've heard words of anger and discord.
He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam.
People are coming together around a simple truth - that we are all connected, that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Too much blood has been shed.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.