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my fellow
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Americans I'm speaking to you tonight
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from the Oval
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Office before I begin let me speak to
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important news from earlier
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today after eight months of non-stop
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negotiation my Administration by my
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Administration a ceasefire and a hostage
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deal has been reached by Israel and
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Hamas the elements of which I laid out
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in great detail in May of this
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year this plan was developed and
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negotiated by my
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team and will be largely implemented by
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the incoming
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Administration that's why I told my team
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to keep the incoming Administration
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fully
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informed because that's how it should be
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working together as
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Americans this will be my final address
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to you from the American people from the
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Oval Office from this desk as president
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and I've been thinking a lot about who
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we are and maybe more importantly who we
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should
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be long ago in New York Harbor an iron
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worker installed beam after beam day
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after day he was joined by Steel Workers
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stonemasons
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Engineers they built not just a single
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structure but a beacon of
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Freedom the very idea of America was so
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big we felt the entire world needed to
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see the Statute of
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Liberty a gift from France after our
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civil
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war like the very idea of America it was
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built not by one person but by many
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people from every background and from
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around the
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world like America The Statue liberty is
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not standing
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still her foot literally steps forward
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at top of broken chain of human
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bondage she's on the March and she
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literally
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moves she's built a sway back and forth
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to withstand the fury Stormy Weather to
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stand the test of time because storms
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are always
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coming she sways a few inches but she
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never falls into the current below and
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Engineering
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Marvel the Statue of Liberty is also an
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enduring symbol of the Soul of our
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nation a soul shaped by forces that
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bring us together and by forces that
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pull us
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apart and yet through good times and
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tough times we've with stood it all a
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nation of pioneers and
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explorers of dreamers and
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doers of ancestors native to this land
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of ancestors who came by
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force a nation of immigrants came to
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build a better
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life a na Nation holding the torch of
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the most powerful idea ever in the
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history of the
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world that all of us all of us are
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created equal that all of us deserve to
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be treated with dignity Justice and
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fairness that
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democracy must
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defend and be
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defined and be
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imposed
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moved in every way possible our rights
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our freedoms our
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dreams but we know the idea of America
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our institution our people our values
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that uphold it are constantly being
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tested ongoing debates about power and
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the exercise of power but whether we
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lead by the example of our power or the
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power of our
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example whether we show the courage to
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stand up to the Abus of power or we
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yield to it
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it after 50 years at the center of all
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of this I know that believing in the
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idea of America means respecting the
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institution that govern a free
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Society the presidency the Congress the
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courts a free and independent
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press institutions that are
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rooted not they just might not reflect
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the Timeless words but they re
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they they Echo the words of the
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Declaration of
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Independence we hold these truths to be
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self-evident rooted in the Timeless
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words of the Constitution We the
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People our system of separation of
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powers checks and balances it may not be
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perfect but it's maintained our
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democracy for nearly 250
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years longer than any other nation in
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history that's ever tried such a bold
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experiment in the past four years our
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democracy is Hell
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strong and every day I've kept my
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commitment to be president for all
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Americans through one of the toughest
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periods in our nation's
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history I've had a great partner and
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vice president kamla
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Harris spend the honor of my life to see
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the resilience of essential workers
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getting us through once in a century
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pandemic the heroism of service members
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and the First Responders keeping us
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safe the determination of Advocates
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standing up for our rights and our
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freedoms instead of losing their jobs to
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an economic crisis that we inherited
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millions of Americans now have the
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Dignity of work millions of
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entrepreneurs and companies creating new
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businesses and industries hiring
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American workers using American
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products together we've launched a new
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era of American
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possibilities one of the greatest
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modernizations of infrastructure in our
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entire history from New Roads Bridges
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clean water affordable high-speed
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internet for every
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American we invented the
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semiconductor smaller than the tip of my
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little finger and now is bringing those
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chip factories and those jobs back to
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America where they
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belong creating thousands of
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jobs finally giving Medicare the power
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to negotiate lower prescription drug
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prices for millions of
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seniors and finally doing something to
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protect our children and our families by
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passing The most significant gun safety
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law in 30 years and bringing violent
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crime to a 50-year
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low meeting our sacred oblig ation to
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over 1 million veterans so far who are
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exposed to toxic
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materials and to their families
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providing Medical Care and education
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benefits and more for their
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families you
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know it will take time to feel the full
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impact of all we've done together but
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the seeds are planted and they'll grow
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and they'll Bloom for decades to
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come at home we've created nearly 17
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million new jobs more than any other
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single Administration a single
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term more people have health care than
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ever
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before and overseas we've strengthened
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NATO Ukraine is still
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free and we pulled ahead of our
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competition with China and so much
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more I'm so proud of how much we've
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accomplished together for the American
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people and I wish the incoming
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Administration success ESS because I
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want America to
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succeed that's why I have held my duty
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to ensure a peaceful and orderly
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transition of power to ensure we lead by
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the power of our
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example I have no doubt that America's
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in a position to continue to
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succeed that's why my Farewell Address
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tonight I want to warn the country of
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some things that give me great
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concern this is the dangerous con and
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that's the dangerous concentration of
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power in the hands of a very few ultra
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wealthy people the dangerous
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consequences if their abuse of power is
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left
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unchecked
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today an oligarchy is taking shape in
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America of extreme wealth power and
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influence that literally threatens our
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entire democracy our basic rights and
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freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to
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get head
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ahead we see the consequences all across
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America and we've seen it before more
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than a century
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ago but the American people stood up to
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the Rober Barons back then and busted
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the
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trusts they didn't punish the wealthy
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just made the wealthy pay to by play by
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the rules everybody else had to workers
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want rights to earn their fair
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share you know they were dealt into the
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deal and it helped put us on a path to
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building the largest middle class most
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prosperous Century any nation in the
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world has ever
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seen we've got to do that
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again the last four years that is
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exactly what we've
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done people should be able to make as
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much as they can but pay play by the
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same rules pay their fair share of
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taxes so much is at stake
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right now the existential threat of
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climate change has never been
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clear just look across the country from
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California to North
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Carolina that's why I sign the most
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significant climate and clean energy law
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ever ever in the history of the world
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and the rest of the world trying to
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model it now it's
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working creating jobs and industries of
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the future now we proven we don't have
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to choose between protecting the
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environment and growing the economy
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we're doing
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both the powerful forces want to wield
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their unchecked influence to eliminate
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the steps we've taken to tackle the
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crime and crisis to serve their own
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interest for power and
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profit we must not be bullied the
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sacrificing the future the future of our
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children and our
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grandchildren must keep pushing
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forward and push
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faster there's no time to
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waste it's also clear that American
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leadership and
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technology is unparalleled an
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unparalleled source of
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innovation that can transform
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lives we see the same dangers of the
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concentration of Technology power and
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wealth you know as farewell addressed
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President Eisenhower spoke of the
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dangers of the military industrial
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complex he warned us then about and I
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quote the potential for the disastrous
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rise of misplaced power end of
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quote six days L six decades later I'm
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equally concerned about the P potential
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rise of a tech industrial complex that
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could pose real dangers for our country
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as
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well Americans are being buried under an
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Avalanche of misinformation and
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disinformation enabling the abuse of
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power the Free Press is crumbling ERS
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are
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disappearing social media is giving up
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on
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factchecking the truth is smothered by
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lies told for power and for
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profit we must hold the social platforms
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accountable to protect our children our
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families and the Very democracy
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from the abuse of
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power
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meanwhile artificial
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intelligence is the most consequential
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technology of our time perhaps of all
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time nothing offers more profound
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possibilities and risk for our economy
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and our
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security our society a very for
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Humanity artificial intelligence even
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has the potential to help us answer my
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call and cancer as we know it but unless
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safeguards are in
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place AI could spawn new threats to our
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rights our way of life to our privacy
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how we work and how we protect our
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nation we must make sure AI is safe and
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trustworthy and good for all
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humankind in the age of AI it's more
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important than ever that the people must
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C and as the land of
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liberty America not China must lead the
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world in the development of
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AI you know in the years
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ahead they'll help to
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be it's going to be up to the president
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the presidency the Congress the courts
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the free press and the American people
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to confront these powerful
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forces we must reform the tax code not
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by giving the biggest tax cuts to
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billionaires but by making them begin to
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pay their fair
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share we need to get dark money that's
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that hidden funding behind too many
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campaigns contributions we need to get
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it out of our politics we need to enact
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an 18-year time limit term limit time
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and term for the strongest ethics and
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the strongest ethics reforms for Supreme
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Court we need to ban members of Congress
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from tra from Trading stock while
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they're in the Congress we need to amend
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the Constitution and make clear that no
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president no president is immune from
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crimes that he or she commits while in
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office the president's power is not
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limited it's not absolute and it
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shouldn't
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be and in the Democracy there's another
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danger to the concentration of power and
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wealth it erodes a sense of unity and
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common
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purpose it causes distrust and
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division participating in our democracy
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becomes exhausting and even
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disillusioning and people don't feel
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like they have a fair
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shot we have to stay engaged in the
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process I know it's
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frustrating a fair shot is what makes
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America America Everyone's entitled to a
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fair shot not a guarantee but just a
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fair shot an even playing field
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going as far as your hard work and
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talent can take
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you we can never lose that essential
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truth remain who we
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are I've always
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believed and I've told other world
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leaders America can be defined by one
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word
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possibilities only in America do we
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believe anything is
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possible like a kid with a Stutter from
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Modest Beginnings in Scranton
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Pennsylvania and cl Montel sitting
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behind the this desk in the Oval Office
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as president of the United States that's
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the magic of America it's all around
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us upstairs in the residence of the
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White
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House I've walked by a painting of the
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Statue of Liberty I don't know how many
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times in the painting there's several
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workers climbing on the outstretched arm
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of the statue that holds the torch
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reminds me every day I pass it of the
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story and soul of our nation and the
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power of the American Prayer
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people there's a story of a veteran this
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is a veteran a son of an
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immigrant whose job was to climb that
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torch and polish the Amber panes so rays
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of light could reach out as far as
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possible he was known as The Keeper of
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the flame
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he once said of the Statute of
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Liberty quote speaks a silent universal
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language one of hope that anyone who
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seeks and speaks Freedom can
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understand
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yes we sway back and forth to withstand
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the fury of the storm to stand the test
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of time a constant struggle constant
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struggle a short distance between Peril
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and possibility
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but what I
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believe is the America of our dreams is
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always closer than we think it's up to
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us to make our dreams come
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true let me
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close by stating my gratitude to so many
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people to the members of my
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Administration as well as public service
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and First Responders across the country
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and around the
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world thank you for stepping up to serve
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to our service members and your
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families it's been the highest honor of
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my life to lead you as commander-in
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Chief and of course to kamla and our
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incredible
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partner historic vice
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president she and douer become like
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family and to me family is
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everything my deepest
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appreciation to our amazing first lady
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who's with me in the oval
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today for our entire
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family you're the love of my life and
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the life of my
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love my eternal thanks to you the
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American
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people after 50 years of Public
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Service I give you my word I still
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believe in the idea for which this
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nation
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stands Nation where the strength of our
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institutions and the character of our
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people matter and must endure
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now it's your turn to stand
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guard may you all be The Keeper of the
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flame may you keep the
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faith I love
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America you love it
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too God bless you all may God protect
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your troops thank you for this great
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honor
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