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We can tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the OJ trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina - or as fodder for the nightly news. It's because John McCain doesn't get it. Rather than remain trapped in the past, I have made it clear to Iran's leaders and people that my country is prepared to move forward. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.
I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld - whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.
Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. 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. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires. That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits.
And all across the country, communities of faith are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, and in so many other ways, taking part in the project of American renewal. It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate.
Thank you, and God bless America.