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I wanted to be part of something larger. The President vetoed a similar plan, but he doesn't have the last word, and we're going to keep at it, until we bring this war to an end. "I'm here because of Ashley." By itself, that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough. Theirs are the stories that shaped me.
And I heard Reverend Jeremiah A. Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill.
And there's another issue we must confront as well. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know.
They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well. We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job - an economy that honors the dignity of work.
More to do for the young woman in East St. The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization, not just in terms of white and black, but black and brown as well. The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer.
God bless you.