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He is a man who served his country as a U.S. Marine; who has studied and lectured at some of the finest universities and seminaries in the country, and who for over thirty years led a church that serves the community by doing God's work here on Earth - by housing the homeless, ministering to the needy, providing day care services and scholarships and prison ministries, and reaching out to those suffering from HIV/AIDS. She had been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and one day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story and why they were there. Theirs are the stories that shaped me.
I thought of the families I've met who were struggling to get by without a loved one's full income, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or nerves shattered, but who still lacked long-term health benefits because they were Reservists. Hope in the face of difficulty. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. Now let me be clear: issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam.
My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. To the Joshua generation, these challenges seem momentous - and they are. Let me also address the issue of Iraq. It is easy to point fingers - for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought by Israel's founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond.
The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st century economy. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives. And I've seen it in this campaign.
Now don't get me wrong. Now let me be clear. So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility - that's the essence of America's promise.
God bless you.