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Hi, everybody. Thirty years ago, there were 500, 000 people behind bars in America. Today, there are 2. 2 million. The United States is home to 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Every year, we spend $80 billion to keep people locked up. Now, many of the folks in prison absolutely belong there-our streets are safer thank...
Juan Carlos López.Q Gracias, Presidente. Feliz Navidad.THE PRESIDENT: Feliz Navidad.Q Mr. President, you’ve been able to fulfill many of your promises. Immigration reform isn’t one of them. Just this last weekend, the DREAM Act failed cloture（讨论终结） by five votes, and five Democrats didn’t support it; three Republicans did. How are you going to ...
Hi, everybody. This week, I'm speaking to you from our Nuclear Security Summit. I welcomed more than 50 leaders from around the world to make sure we're working together to meet one of the greatest threats to global security — terrorists getting their hands on a weapon of mass destruction, like a nuclear weapon. Fortunately, because of our efforts so far, no te...
Hi everybody.In America, we believe that a lifetime of hard work and responsibility should be rewarded with a shot at a secure, dignified retirement.It’s one of the critical components of middle-class life-and this week, I took new steps to protect it. Six years after the crisis that shook a lot of people’s faith in a secure retirement, our economy is steadily gr...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Yongsan! AUDIENCE: Hoaa! (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Oh, it is wonderful to be here. Give another round of applause to Army Specialist Courtney Newby for the great introduction. (Applause.) A few other people that I want to just make mention of: We are so proud and want to thank our outstanding representatives here in the Republic of Korea — Ambass...
Q Where is your line in the sand? THE PRESIDENT: Well, look, I’ve got a whole bunch of lines in the sand. Not making the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent — that was a line in the sand. Making sure that the things that most impact middle-class families and low-income families, that those were preserved — that was a line in the sand. I would not have agreed...
Hi, everybody. This Monday, I’m heading to Alaska for a three-day tour of the state. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. Not only because Alaska is one of the most beautiful places in a country that’s full of beautiful places-but because I’ll have several opportunities to meet with everyday Alaskans about what’s going on in their ...
Hi, everybody. I’m here in Ohio, where I’ve spent the past couple days talking with folks about our central challenge as a country. Not just reclaiming all the jobs lost to the recession, but reclaiming the economic security that so many Americans have lost over the last decade. Our mission isn’t just to put people back to work, it’s to rebuild an eco...
Your Excellency Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, Dobriy den’ (Good morning)! It is a great pleasure to attend the Third Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development "Open Innovations". I would like to extend, on behalf of the Chinese government, congratulations on the opening of the forum. Inn...
Facebook is taking another stab at reducing the amount of "clickbait" in your news feed. Facebook正在为减少“信息流”中的“标题党”做新的尝试。 "These are headlines that intentionally leave out crucial information, forcing people to click to find out the answer," the company said in an announcement on Thursday. In other words: The head...
I was thinking about this last week. I was thinking about this last week on the day I announced the end of our combat mission in Iraq. (Applause.) And I spent some time, as I often do, with our soldiers and our veterans. And this new generation of troops coming home from Iraq, they’ve earned their place alongside the greatest generation. (Applause.) Just like that grea...
Q If I could add to that, just one thing, which is, it’s really not necessary to replace the windows to get that energy efficiency. Didn’t somebody write about the caulking gun（油灰枪） ? THE PRESIDENT: Caulking is — Q It’s a lot less expensive. (Laughter.) THE PRESIDENT: Absolutely. Cash for caulkers. (Laughter.) Good point. All right, gentleman rig...
These guys are also young fathers, and they’re doing a great—he’s got four kids. He’s got two. And Michelle and I have been working a lot with military families, trying to support them. When these guys are deployed sometimes, they’re leaving the family behind. I just want to make sure they get support. And then the reason the two older gentlemen...
THE PRESIDENT: I want to begin by thanking the incredible leaders who are around this table, not only the Vice President and the Secretary of State, but also some of the most able statesmen from both parties that we’ve had in modern American history who are sitting around this table. We are here to discuss the importance of ratifying（批准，认可） the START treaty. And...
Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary（任意的）, automatic budget cuts that will do the exact opposite. They will slow our economy. They will eliminate good jobs. They will leave man...
Thank you very much, Mr. President. We, in fact, did have a candid（公正的） , thoughtful and thorough conversation on a whole range of bilateral（双边的） and international issues. Over the last three years, the United States and Russia have been able to make significant progress on a wide range of issues, including the New START Treaty, the 1,2,3 Agreement, the work weR...
Hi. This week, I got the chance to sit down with some impressive students at Lorain County Community College in Ohio. One of them was a woman named Andrea Ashley. Two years ago, Andrea lost her job as an HR analyst. Today, she’s getting certified in the fast-growing field of electronic medical records. Before enrolling at Lorain, Andrea told me she was looking everywhe...
This approach is basically the one I’ve been advocating for months. In addition to the trillion dollars of spending cuts I’ve already signed into law, it’s a balanced plan that would reduce the deficit by making additional spending cuts, by making modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and by reforming our tax code in a way t...
Hi, everybody. Two weeks ago, a large bipartisan majority of Senators voted to pass commonsense, comprehensive immigration reform, taking an important step towards fixing our broken immigration system once and for all. This bill was a compromise, and neither side got everything they wanted. But it was largely consistent with the key principles of commonsense reform that most...
"Honor the dead by helping the living." That’s what you’re all about. That’s what the VFW has always been about. Like you, I know that our nation has just one truly sacred obligation: to prepare and equip those we send into harm’s way, and to care for them when they come home. Commander Tradewell—Tommy—you’ve walked that wa...