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It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old - is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past. "I'm here because of Ashley." By itself, that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year. It is time for these settlements to stop.
A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
The questions I had didn't magically disappear. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty.
Because we all have the capacity to do justice and show mercy; to treat others with dignity and respect; and to rise above what divides us and come together to meet those challenges we can't meet alone. I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. In the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars.
But we also know our conscience cannot rest so long as the war goes on in Iraq. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.
Thank you, and God bless America.