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I believe we can provide jobs to the jobless, homes to the homeless, and reclaim young people in cities across America from violence and despair. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. We seek no military bases there. The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer. The Holy Koran tells us, "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."
But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. As Commander-in-Chief, I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home.
"If you're organizing churches," they said, "it might be helpful if you went to church once in a while." And I thought, "Well, I guess that makes sense." I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.
Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union. They all have different stories and reasons. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's.
When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. But this much is clear: governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.
God bless you.