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They are both passed away now. John Kerry calls on us to hope. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one. There is one story in particularly that I'd like to leave you with today - a story I told when I had the great honor of speaking on Dr. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.
That's why pastors, friends of mine like Rick Warren and T.D. Jakes and organizations like World Vision and Catholic Charities are wielding their enormous influence to confront poverty, HIV/AIDS, and the genocide in Darfur. It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today's urban and rural communities. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.
It is that fundamental belief, it is that fundamental belief, I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper that makes this country work. It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office. And we will keep our promise to every young American - if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.
That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. Now let there be no doubt. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities.
But by the time he was a young adult, he was an atheist. I can assure you it is not. And then another one. It's time for us to change America. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.