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Our government should work for us, not against us. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.
Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend. All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time.
I thought of the 900 men and women - sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, who won't be returning to their own hometowns. It got hijacked. The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition.
But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush. And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires.
And it offends our conscience. No, the word is very near. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
Thank you, and God bless America.