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More to do for the father that I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on. And it offends our conscience. 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. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves. Today, America has a dual responsibility: to help Iraq forge a better future - and to leave Iraq to Iraqis. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
She had this enormous capacity for wonder, and lived by the Golden Rule. Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. It's been about you. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.
That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We shouldn't use the obstacles we face as an excuse for cynicism.
But then I asked myself: Are we serving Shamus as well as he is serving us? Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." Iraq's sovereignty is its own.
The skeptical bent of my mind didn't suddenly vanish. This time we want to talk about the men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag. I believe that as hard as it will be, the change we need is coming. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.
Thank you, and God bless America.