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This time we want to talk about how the lines in the Emergency Room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care; who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together. We seek no military bases there. The third source of tension is our shared interest in the rights and responsibilities of nations on nuclear weapons. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. I know there has been controversy about the promotion of democracy in recent years, and much of this controversy is connected to the war in Iraq.
Religious leaders like my friends Rev. Jim Wallis and Rabbi David Saperstein and Nathan Diament are working for justice and fighting for change. They're telling me that their conversation about what it means to be Catholic continues. 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 Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress.
I wanted to be part of something larger. But I think they also sensed that a part of me remained removed and detached - that I was an observer in their midst. But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. 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. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The fifth issue that we must address together is religious freedom.
They are full of dancing, clapping, screaming and shouting that may seem jarring to the untrained ear. Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq's democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. There is no straight line to realize this promise. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition.
Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural without its reference to "the judgments of the Lord." Or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without its reference to "all of God's children." Or President Kennedy's Inaugural without the words, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own." At each of these junctures, by summoning a higher truth and embracing a universal faith, our leaders inspired ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. Religious leaders like my friends Rev. Jim Wallis and Rabbi David Saperstein and Nathan Diament are working for justice and fighting for change. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. And you know what - it's worked before. This is the hope of all humanity. And while America in the past has focused on oil and gas in this part of the world, we now seek a broader engagement.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.