Obama: Diplomacy in a 'dangerous world'

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from the Swamp: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/04/obama_diplomacy_in_a_dangerous.html


President Barack Obama, returned from a journey across Europe and into Iraq and addressing the nation at the convergence of two religious holidays, called on Americans today to remember "the obligations we have to one another, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we practice.

"This idea - that we are all bound up, as Martin Luther King once said, in "a single garment of destiny"- is a lesson of all the world's great religions,'' Obama said in his weekly Internet and radio address. "And never has it been more important for us to reaffirm that lesson than it is today - at a time when we face tests and trials unlike any we have seen in our time

"The United States must lead the way,'' he said, reprising the theme that he had voiiced in his appearances around the G-20 Summit in London, a NATO summit in Strasbourg and a European Union summit in Prague, "But our best chance to solve these unprecedented problems comes from acting in concert with other nations

"It is only by coordinating with countries around the world that we will stop the spread of the world's most dangerous weapons,'' he said, "And it is only by building a new foundation of mutual trust that we will tackle some of our most entrenched problems.''


The full audio of the address is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/WeeklyAddress/Audio/2009/04/20090411-GCXZAV/20090411_Weekly_Address.mp3

The video can also be viewed online: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/11/Weekly-Address-Passover-and-Easter/

transcript of address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Weekly-Address-President-Obama-Hails-Unprecedented-G-20-Action-to-Address-Global-Economic-Downturn/

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1. heh, this is what I'm talking about

"why don't you ever post a positive thread about Obama?"

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3. K & R