1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,560 Thank you very much. 2 00:00:16,060 --> 00:00:26,620 Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, fellow citizens. 3 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:39,400 As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. 4 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:43,780 Yet the state of our union has never been stronger. 5 00:00:56,620 --> 00:01:10,960 We last met in an hour of shock and suffering. 6 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:17,360 In four short months, our nation has comforted the victims, 7 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:20,380 begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon, 8 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,040 rallied a great coalition, 9 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,420 captured, arrested, and rid the world of thousands of terrorists, 10 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:31,200 destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, 11 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,240 saved the people from starvation, 12 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:35,860 and freed a country from brutal oppression. 13 00:01:53,040 --> 00:02:01,440 The American flag flies again over our embassy in Kabul. 14 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:09,100 Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay. 15 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:21,420 And terrorist leaders who urged followers to sacrifice their lives are running for their own. 16 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:29,980 America and Afghanistan are now allies against terror. 17 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,140 We'll be partners in rebuilding that country. 18 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:39,700 And this evening, we welcomed the distinguished interim leader of a liberated Afghanistan, 19 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:41,940 Chairman Hamid Karzai. 20 00:02:53,040 --> 00:03:19,800 The last time we met in this chamber, the mothers and daughters of Afghanistan were captives in their own homes, 21 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,860 forbidden from working or going to school. 22 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:28,960 Today women are free and are part of Afghanistan's new government. 23 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,000 And we welcome the new Minister of Women's Affairs, Dr. Seema Sumar. 24 00:03:53,040 --> 00:04:01,860 Our progress is a tribute to the spirit of the Afghan people, 25 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,440 to the resolve of our coalition, 26 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:07,980 and to the might of the United States military. 27 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:35,080 When I called our troops into action, I did so with complete confidence in their courage and skill. 28 00:04:35,580 --> 00:04:41,440 And tonight, thanks to them, we are winning the war on terror. 29 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:51,540 the men and women of our armed forces have delivered a message now clear to every enemy 30 00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:59,080 of the united states even 7 000 miles away across oceans and continents 31 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:04,760 on mountaintops and in caves you will not escape the justice of this nation 32 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:41,420 Thank you. 33 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,200 Every day, a retired firefighter returns to Ground Zero 34 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,560 to feel closer to his two sons who died there. 35 00:05:49,060 --> 00:05:53,400 At a memorial in New York, a little boy left his football with a note for his lost father. 36 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,920 Dear Daddy, please take this to heaven. 37 00:05:57,980 --> 00:06:01,260 I don't want to play football until I can play with you again someday. 38 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,240 Last month at the grave of her husband, Michael, 39 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,900 a CIA officer and Marine who died in Mazar-e-Sharif, 40 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,980 Shannon Spann said these words are farewell. 41 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,700 Semper Fi, my love. 42 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,020 Shannon is with us tonight. 43 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:18,020 Thank you. 44 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:54,860 Shannon, I assure you and all who have lost a loved one 45 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:59,000 that our cause is just and our country will never forget the debt we owe Michael 46 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,420 and all who gave their lives for freedom. 47 00:07:02,340 --> 00:07:06,180 Our cause is just, and it continues. 48 00:07:06,180 --> 00:07:10,880 our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed our worst fears 49 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,740 and showed us the true scope of the task ahead 50 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:19,020 we have seen the depth of our enemies hatred in videos 51 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:22,240 where they laugh about the loss of innocent life 52 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,400 and the depth of their hatred is equaled by the madness 53 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,840 of the destruction they design 54 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:34,040 we have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants 55 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,040 and public water facilities 56 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,820 detailed instructions for making chemical weapons 57 00:07:39,820 --> 00:07:42,720 surveillance maps of American cities 58 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,700 and thorough descriptions of landmarks in America 59 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:47,440 and throughout the world 60 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,300 what we have found in Afghanistan confirms 61 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:53,300 that far from ending there 62 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:57,300 our war against terror is only beginning 63 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:00,460 most of the 19 men 64 00:08:00,460 --> 00:08:03,220 who hijacked planes on September the 11th 65 00:08:03,220 --> 00:08:05,200 were trained in Afghanistan's camps 66 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,980 and so were tens of thousands of others. 67 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,000 Thousands of dangerous killers 68 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,420 schooled in the methods of murder 69 00:08:14,420 --> 00:08:17,280 often supported by outlaw regimes 70 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,140 are now spread throughout the world 71 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:22,340 like ticking time bombs 72 00:08:22,340 --> 00:08:25,420 set to go off without warning. 73 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:29,420 Thanks to the work of our law enforcement officials 74 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:31,380 and coalition partners 75 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:33,580 hundreds of terrorists have been arrested. 76 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:39,400 yet tens of thousands of trained terrorists are still at large. 77 00:08:40,780 --> 00:08:44,000 These enemies view the entire world as a battlefield 78 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,940 and we must pursue them wherever they are. 79 00:08:58,820 --> 00:09:01,160 So long as training camps operate, 80 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,840 so long as nations harbor terrorists, freedom is at risk, 81 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,640 and America and our allies must not and will not allow it. 82 00:09:11,140 --> 00:09:23,200 Our nation will continue to be steadfast and patient and persistent 83 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,760 in the pursuit of two great objectives. 84 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:29,640 First, we will shut down terrorist camps, 85 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,800 disrupt terrorist plans, and bring terrorists to justice. 86 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,840 And second, we must prevent the terrorists and regimes 87 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,000 who seek chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons 88 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,740 from threatening the United States and the world. 89 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,960 Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan 90 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:04,640 out of business, yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries. 91 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:13,780 A terrorist underworld, including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Yaishi Muhammad, 92 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:20,440 operates in remote jungles and deserts and hides in the centers of large cities. 93 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:27,480 While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. 94 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,300 We now have troops in the Philippines helping to train that country's armed forces 95 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:39,740 to go after terrorist cells that have executed an American and still hold hostages. 96 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:46,860 Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who were plotting to bomb our embassy. 97 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:53,220 Our Navy is patrolling the coast of Africa to block the shipment of weapons 98 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:56,560 in the establishment of terrorist camps in Somalia. 99 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:01,620 my hope is that all nations will heed our call 100 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:04,420 and eliminate the terrorist parasites 101 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:08,180 who threaten their countries and our own 102 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:11,540 many nations are acting forcefully 103 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:14,880 Pakistan is now cracking down on terror 104 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,580 and I admire the strong leadership of President Musharraf 105 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:37,160 But some governments will be timid in the face of terror. 106 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,860 And make no mistake about it, if they do not act, America will. 107 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:13,615 Thank you Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or 108 00:12:13,615 --> 00:12:17,255 our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. 109 00:12:18,695 --> 00:12:24,375 Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th, but we know their 110 00:12:24,375 --> 00:12:24,895 true nature. 111 00:12:25,815 --> 00:12:32,975 North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens. 112 00:12:34,535 --> 00:12:37,975 Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, 113 00:12:38,875 --> 00:12:43,015 while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. 114 00:12:44,435 --> 00:12:48,275 Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. 115 00:12:48,275 --> 00:12:51,135 the Iraqi regime 116 00:12:51,135 --> 00:12:53,755 has plotted to develop anthrax 117 00:12:53,755 --> 00:12:55,335 and nerve gas 118 00:12:55,335 --> 00:12:57,055 and nuclear weapons 119 00:12:57,055 --> 00:12:58,715 for over a decade 120 00:12:58,715 --> 00:13:01,755 this is a regime that has already 121 00:13:01,755 --> 00:13:03,755 used poison gas to murder thousands 122 00:13:03,755 --> 00:13:04,975 of its own citizens 123 00:13:04,975 --> 00:13:07,555 leaving the bodies of mothers 124 00:13:07,555 --> 00:13:09,935 huddled over their dead children 125 00:13:09,935 --> 00:13:12,335 this is a regime 126 00:13:12,335 --> 00:13:14,155 that agreed to international inspections 127 00:13:14,155 --> 00:13:16,595 then kicked out the inspectors 128 00:13:17,515 --> 00:13:22,055 This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. 129 00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:29,375 States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, 130 00:13:30,215 --> 00:13:32,275 arming to threaten the peace of the world. 131 00:13:33,555 --> 00:13:39,815 By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. 132 00:13:40,955 --> 00:13:45,875 They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. 133 00:13:46,595 --> 00:13:51,875 they could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. 134 00:13:52,775 --> 00:13:58,435 In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. 135 00:13:59,355 --> 00:14:05,375 We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors 136 00:14:05,375 --> 00:14:12,255 the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction. 137 00:14:12,255 --> 00:14:20,035 We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack. 138 00:14:31,015 --> 00:14:37,915 And all nations should know America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security. 139 00:14:38,975 --> 00:14:40,295 We'll be deliberate. 140 00:14:40,295 --> 00:14:43,675 yet time is not on our side. 141 00:14:44,995 --> 00:14:47,675 I will not wait on events while dangers gather. 142 00:14:48,275 --> 00:14:51,795 I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. 143 00:14:52,495 --> 00:14:56,975 The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes 144 00:14:56,975 --> 00:15:00,475 to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. 145 00:15:10,295 --> 00:15:34,695 Our war on terror has well begun, but it has only begun. 146 00:15:36,195 --> 00:15:38,715 This campaign may not be finished on our watch. 147 00:15:38,715 --> 00:15:44,535 yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch. 148 00:15:45,715 --> 00:15:47,195 We can't stop short. 149 00:15:48,095 --> 00:15:52,715 If we stop now leaving terror camps intact and terror states unchecked 150 00:15:53,395 --> 00:15:58,075 our sense of security would be false and temporary. 151 00:15:59,235 --> 00:16:01,955 History has called America and our allies to action 152 00:16:01,955 --> 00:16:07,975 and it is both our responsibility and our privilege to fight freedom's fight. 153 00:16:08,715 --> 00:16:33,595 Our first priority must always be the security of our nation, 154 00:16:34,475 --> 00:16:37,415 and that will be reflected in the budget I send to Congress. 155 00:16:38,715 --> 00:16:41,555 My budget supports three great goals for America. 156 00:16:42,415 --> 00:16:48,375 We will win this war, we'll protect our homeland, and we'll revive our economy. 157 00:16:49,995 --> 00:16:54,595 September the 11th brought out the best in America and the best in this Congress, 158 00:16:55,075 --> 00:16:58,815 and I join the American people in applauding your unity and resolve. 159 00:17:08,715 --> 00:17:13,915 Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home. 160 00:17:15,095 --> 00:17:16,935 I'm a proud member of my party. 161 00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:23,555 Yet as we act to win the war, protect our people, and create jobs in America, 162 00:17:24,115 --> 00:17:29,655 we must act first and foremost not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans. 163 00:17:38,715 --> 00:18:01,535 It costs a lot to fight this war. 164 00:18:03,195 --> 00:18:06,035 We have spent more than a billion dollars a month, 165 00:18:06,315 --> 00:18:08,255 over 30 million dollars a day, 166 00:18:08,715 --> 00:18:11,875 And we must be prepared for future operations. 167 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:16,715 Afghanistan proved that expensive precision weapons defeat the enemy 168 00:18:16,715 --> 00:18:21,455 and spare innocent lives, and we need more of them. 169 00:18:22,395 --> 00:18:26,175 We need to replace aging aircraft and make our military more agile 170 00:18:26,175 --> 00:18:30,535 to put our troops anywhere in the world quickly and safely. 171 00:18:31,715 --> 00:18:35,115 Our men and women in uniform deserve the best weapons, 172 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:40,955 the best equipment, the best training, and they also deserve another pay raise. 173 00:19:05,115 --> 00:19:08,955 My budget includes the largest increase in defense spending in two decades, 174 00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:14,435 because while the price of freedom and security is high, it is never too high. 175 00:19:14,935 --> 00:19:18,535 Whatever it costs to defend our country, we will pay. 176 00:19:35,115 --> 00:19:47,995 The next priority in my budget is to do everything possible to protect our citizens and strengthen our nation against the ongoing threat of another attack. 177 00:19:49,515 --> 00:19:56,495 Time and distance from the events of September the 11th will not make us safer unless we act on its lessons. 178 00:19:58,055 --> 00:20:00,455 America is no longer protected by vast oceans. 179 00:20:00,455 --> 00:20:07,635 We are protected from attack only by vigorous action abroad and increased vigilance at home. 180 00:20:08,815 --> 00:20:15,475 My budget nearly doubles funding for a sustained strategy of homeland security focused on four key areas. 181 00:20:16,535 --> 00:20:23,935 Bioterrorism, emergency response, airport and border security, and improved intelligence. 182 00:20:24,935 --> 00:20:28,995 We will develop vaccines to fight anthrax and other deadly diseases. 183 00:20:29,835 --> 00:20:35,935 We'll increase funding to help states and communities train and equip our heroic police and firefighters. 184 00:20:35,935 --> 00:21:04,795 We will improve intelligence collection and sharing, expand patrols at our borders, strengthen the security of air travel, 185 00:21:04,795 --> 00:21:10,695 and use technology to track the arrivals and departures of visitors to the United States. 186 00:21:17,295 --> 00:21:22,515 Homeland security will make America not only stronger, but in many ways better. 187 00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:27,875 Knowledge gained from bioterrorism research will improve public health. 188 00:21:29,015 --> 00:21:32,175 Stronger police and fire departments will mean safer neighborhoods. 189 00:21:32,175 --> 00:21:36,555 stricter border enforcement will help combat illegal drugs 190 00:21:36,555 --> 00:21:47,895 and as government works to better secure our homeland 191 00:21:47,895 --> 00:21:53,555 America will continue to depend on the eyes and ears of alert citizens 192 00:21:53,555 --> 00:21:56,475 a few days before Christmas 193 00:21:56,475 --> 00:22:00,715 an airline flight attendant spotted a passenger lighting a match 194 00:22:00,715 --> 00:22:04,555 the crew and passengers quickly subdued the man 195 00:22:04,555 --> 00:22:07,495 who had been trained by al-Qaeda 196 00:22:07,495 --> 00:22:09,935 and was armed with explosives 197 00:22:09,935 --> 00:22:13,075 the people on that plane were alert 198 00:22:13,075 --> 00:22:16,775 and as a result likely saved nearly 200 lives 199 00:22:16,775 --> 00:22:19,835 and tonight we welcome and thank flight attendant 200 00:22:19,835 --> 00:22:23,635 Eramis Moutardere and Christina Jones 201 00:22:30,715 --> 00:22:42,195 Once we have funded our national security and our homeland security, 202 00:22:42,935 --> 00:22:47,555 the final great priority of my budget is economic security for the American people. 203 00:23:00,715 --> 00:23:23,175 To achieve these great national objectives, to win the war, protect the homeland, and revitalize our economy, 204 00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:27,555 Our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term 205 00:23:27,555 --> 00:23:32,055 so long as Congress restrains spending and acts in a fiscally responsible manner. 206 00:23:32,055 --> 00:23:58,915 We have clear priorities, and we must act at home with the same purpose and resolve we have shown overseas. 207 00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:03,530 will prevail in the war and we will defeat this recession 208 00:24:11,090 --> 00:24:13,390 Americans who've lost their jobs need our help, 209 00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:19,450 and I support extending unemployment benefits and direct assistance for health care coverage. 210 00:24:28,950 --> 00:24:41,230 Yet American workers want more than unemployment checks. 211 00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:43,110 They want a steady paycheck. 212 00:24:43,110 --> 00:25:03,290 When America works, America prospers, so my economic security plan can be summed up in one word. 213 00:25:04,050 --> 00:25:04,570 Jobs. 214 00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:26,670 Good jobs begin with good schools, and here we've made a fine start. 215 00:25:33,670 --> 00:25:38,510 Republicans and Democrats work together to achieve historic education reform 216 00:25:38,510 --> 00:25:41,390 so that no child is left behind. 217 00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:50,870 I was proud to work with members of both parties, 218 00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:55,150 Chairman John Boehner and Congressman George Miller. 219 00:26:13,110 --> 00:26:17,170 Senator Judd Gregg. 220 00:26:23,890 --> 00:26:28,750 And I was so proud of our work, I even had nice things to say about my friend Ted Kennedy. 221 00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:46,490 I know the folks at the Crawford coffee shop couldn't believe I'd say such a thing. 222 00:26:47,710 --> 00:26:53,950 But our work on this bill shows what is possible if we set aside posturing and focus on results. 223 00:26:58,750 --> 00:27:02,990 There's more to do. 224 00:27:03,610 --> 00:27:06,810 We need to prepare our children to read and succeed in school 225 00:27:06,810 --> 00:27:10,790 with improved Head Start and early childhood development programs. 226 00:27:10,790 --> 00:27:29,990 We must upgrade our teacher colleges and teacher training 227 00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:34,170 and launch a major recruiting drive with a great goal for America, 228 00:27:34,790 --> 00:27:37,150 a quality teacher in every classroom. 229 00:27:40,790 --> 00:27:57,990 Good jobs also depend on reliable and affordable energy. 230 00:27:58,650 --> 00:28:05,210 This Congress must act to encourage conservation, promote technology, build infrastructure, 231 00:28:05,210 --> 00:28:08,790 and it must act to increase energy production at home 232 00:28:08,790 --> 00:28:12,010 so America is less dependent on foreign oil. 233 00:28:29,230 --> 00:28:31,990 Good jobs depend on expanded trade. 234 00:28:31,990 --> 00:28:35,890 selling in the new markets creates new jobs 235 00:28:35,890 --> 00:28:39,050 so I ask Congress to finally approve 236 00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:40,930 trade promotion authority 237 00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:51,250 on these two key issues, trade and energy 238 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:54,850 the House of Representatives has acted to create jobs 239 00:28:54,850 --> 00:28:57,870 and I urge the Senate to pass this legislation 240 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:23,030 Good jobs depend on sound tax policy. 241 00:29:24,470 --> 00:29:31,070 Last year, some in this hall thought my tax relief plan was too small. 242 00:29:31,990 --> 00:29:33,370 Some thought it was too big. 243 00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:38,910 But when the checks arrived in the mail, 244 00:29:39,870 --> 00:29:43,390 most Americans thought tax relief was just about right. 245 00:29:43,390 --> 00:30:06,090 Congress listened to the people and responded by reducing tax rates, doubling the child credit, and ending the death tax. 246 00:30:06,090 --> 00:30:08,790 for the sake of long-term growth 247 00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:12,010 and to help Americans plan for the future, 248 00:30:12,590 --> 00:30:14,690 let's make these tax cuts permanent. 249 00:30:30,690 --> 00:30:32,810 The way out of this recession, 250 00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:34,930 the way to create jobs, 251 00:30:34,930 --> 00:30:39,590 is to grow the economy by encouraging investment in factories and equipment 252 00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:43,950 and by speeding up tax relief so people have more money to spend. 253 00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:48,990 For the sake of American workers, let's pass a stimulus package. 254 00:30:48,990 --> 00:31:07,110 Good jobs must be the aim of welfare reform. 255 00:31:07,770 --> 00:31:14,670 As we reauthorize these important reforms, we must always remember the goal is to reduce 256 00:31:14,670 --> 00:31:19,830 dependency on government and offer every American the dignity of a job. 257 00:31:35,710 --> 00:31:40,790 Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security. 258 00:31:40,790 --> 00:31:45,630 I asked Congress to join me this year to enact a Patience Bill of Rights. 259 00:31:58,430 --> 00:32:02,150 To give uninsured workers credits to help buy health coverage. 260 00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:12,750 to improve an historic increase in the spending for veterans' health 261 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:30,870 and to give seniors a sound and modern Medicare system 262 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:33,550 that includes coverage for prescription drugs. 263 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:53,010 A good job should lead to security and retirement. 264 00:32:54,290 --> 00:32:58,670 I ask Congress to enact new safeguards for 401K and pension plans. 265 00:32:58,670 --> 00:33:15,890 employees have who have worked hard and saved all their lives should not have to 266 00:33:15,890 --> 00:33:18,350 risk losing everything if their company fails 267 00:33:18,350 --> 00:33:36,030 Through stricter accounting standards and tougher disclosure requirements, 268 00:33:36,750 --> 00:33:41,190 corporate America must be made more accountable to employees and shareholders 269 00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:44,750 and held to the highest standards of conduct. 270 00:33:48,350 --> 00:34:06,270 Retirement security also depends upon keeping the commitments of Social Security, and we will. 271 00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:09,890 We must make Social Security financially stable 272 00:34:09,890 --> 00:34:14,810 and allow personal retirement accounts for younger workers who choose them. 273 00:34:18,350 --> 00:34:30,290 Members, you and I will work together in the months ahead on other issues. 274 00:34:31,290 --> 00:34:32,750 Productive farm policy. 275 00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:42,010 A cleaner environment. 276 00:34:48,350 --> 00:34:58,070 broader home ownership, especially among minorities, 277 00:35:09,030 --> 00:35:14,390 and ways to encourage the good work of charities and faith-based groups. 278 00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:30,690 I ask you to join me on these important domestic issues in the same spirit of cooperation we've applied to our war against terrorism. 279 00:35:30,690 --> 00:35:50,530 During these last few months, I've been humbled and privileged to see the true character of this country in a time of testing. 280 00:35:51,450 --> 00:36:00,030 Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. 281 00:36:00,690 --> 00:36:04,605 they were as wrong as they are evil 282 00:36:22,605 --> 00:36:25,945 The American people have responded magnificently 283 00:36:25,945 --> 00:36:29,025 with courage and compassion, 284 00:36:29,025 --> 00:36:31,885 strength and resolve. 285 00:36:32,765 --> 00:36:34,425 As I have met the heroes 286 00:36:34,425 --> 00:36:36,525 hugged the families 287 00:36:36,525 --> 00:36:39,725 and looked into the tired faces of rescuers 288 00:36:39,725 --> 00:36:41,585 I have stood in awe 289 00:36:41,585 --> 00:36:43,525 of the American people. 290 00:36:44,585 --> 00:36:46,165 And I hope you'll join me 291 00:36:46,165 --> 00:36:49,905 I hope you'll join me in expressing thanks to one American 292 00:36:49,905 --> 00:36:54,585 for the strength and calm and comfort she brings to our nation in crisis 293 00:36:54,585 --> 00:36:56,965 our First Lady, Laura Bush. 294 00:36:59,025 --> 00:37:29,005 Thank you. 295 00:37:29,025 --> 00:37:31,885 yet after America was attacked, 296 00:37:32,505 --> 00:37:35,165 it was as if our entire country looked into a mirror 297 00:37:35,165 --> 00:37:37,565 and saw our better selves. 298 00:37:38,805 --> 00:37:40,825 We were reminded that we are citizens 299 00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:42,665 with obligations to each other, 300 00:37:43,245 --> 00:37:45,465 to our country, and to history. 301 00:37:46,485 --> 00:37:49,125 We began to think less of the goods we can accumulate 302 00:37:49,125 --> 00:37:51,725 and more about the good we can do. 303 00:37:52,925 --> 00:37:55,765 For too long, our culture has said, 304 00:37:55,985 --> 00:37:57,165 if it feels good, do it. 305 00:37:57,165 --> 00:38:01,705 Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed. 306 00:38:01,705 --> 00:38:03,105 Let's roll. 307 00:38:03,105 --> 00:38:33,085 Thank you. 308 00:38:33,105 --> 00:38:38,465 ordinary citizens, we have glimpsed what a new culture of responsibility could look like. 309 00:38:40,305 --> 00:38:43,985 We want to be a nation that serves goals larger than self. 310 00:38:45,425 --> 00:38:49,665 We've been offered a unique opportunity and we must not let this moment pass. 311 00:38:49,665 --> 00:38:51,485 my call 312 00:38:51,485 --> 00:39:00,425 my call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years 313 00:39:00,425 --> 00:39:03,725 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime 314 00:39:03,725 --> 00:39:07,045 to the service of your neighbors and your nation 315 00:39:19,665 --> 00:39:29,225 Many are already serving, and I thank you. 316 00:39:30,425 --> 00:39:34,505 If you aren't sure how to help, I've got a good place to start. 317 00:39:35,465 --> 00:39:38,705 To sustain and extend the best that has emerged in America, 318 00:39:39,525 --> 00:39:42,185 I invite you to join the new USA Freedom Corps. 319 00:39:43,065 --> 00:39:46,145 The Freedom Corps will focus on three areas of need. 320 00:39:47,445 --> 00:39:49,385 Responding in case of crisis at home, 321 00:39:49,665 --> 00:39:54,785 rebuilding our communities, and extending American compassion throughout the world. 322 00:39:56,045 --> 00:39:59,305 One purpose of the USA Freedom Corps will be homeland security. 323 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:05,765 America needs retired doctors and nurses who can be mobilized in major emergencies, 324 00:40:06,925 --> 00:40:09,245 volunteers to help police and fire departments, 325 00:40:10,025 --> 00:40:13,745 transportation and utility workers well-trained in spotting danger. 326 00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:18,705 Our country also needs citizens working to rebuild our communities, 327 00:40:19,705 --> 00:40:21,425 We need mentors to love children, 328 00:40:22,025 --> 00:40:24,365 especially children whose parents are in prison. 329 00:40:25,065 --> 00:40:27,885 And we need more talented teachers in troubled schools. 330 00:40:29,305 --> 00:40:33,225 USA Freedom Corps will expand and improve the good efforts of AmeriCorps 331 00:40:33,225 --> 00:40:37,385 and Senior Corps to recruit more than 200,000 new volunteers. 332 00:40:38,505 --> 00:40:42,205 And America needs citizens to extend the compassion of our country 333 00:40:42,205 --> 00:40:43,365 to every part of the world. 334 00:40:44,165 --> 00:40:46,765 So we will renew the promise of the Peace Corps, 335 00:40:46,765 --> 00:40:50,125 double its volunteers over the next five years 336 00:41:06,125 --> 00:41:09,305 and ask it to join a new effort 337 00:41:09,305 --> 00:41:12,585 to encourage development and education 338 00:41:12,585 --> 00:41:15,525 and opportunity in the Islamic world. 339 00:41:16,765 --> 00:41:27,445 This time of adversity offers a unique moment of opportunity, 340 00:41:28,505 --> 00:41:31,425 a moment we must seize to change our culture. 341 00:41:32,885 --> 00:41:38,945 Through the gathering momentum of millions of acts of service and decency and kindness, 342 00:41:39,545 --> 00:41:43,365 I know we can overcome evil with greater good. 343 00:41:46,765 --> 00:41:56,985 And we have a great opportunity during this time of war 344 00:41:56,985 --> 00:42:01,485 to lead the world toward the values that will bring lasting peace. 345 00:42:02,765 --> 00:42:05,825 All fathers and mothers in all societies 346 00:42:05,825 --> 00:42:08,025 want their children to be educated 347 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:11,045 and live free from poverty and violence. 348 00:42:11,985 --> 00:42:14,325 No people on earth yearn to be oppressed 349 00:42:14,325 --> 00:42:16,465 or aspire to servitude. 350 00:42:16,765 --> 00:42:21,745 or eagerly await the midnight knock of the secret police. 351 00:42:22,645 --> 00:42:26,385 If anyone doubts this, let them look to Afghanistan, 352 00:42:27,225 --> 00:42:32,105 where the Islamic street greeted the fall of tyranny with song and celebration. 353 00:42:33,065 --> 00:42:35,625 Let the skeptics look to Islam's own rich history 354 00:42:35,625 --> 00:42:40,205 with its centuries of learning and tolerance and progress. 355 00:42:41,325 --> 00:42:44,425 America will lead by defending liberty and justice 356 00:42:44,425 --> 00:42:51,185 because they are right and true and unchanging for all people everywhere. 357 00:42:51,185 --> 00:43:16,105 No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. 358 00:43:16,105 --> 00:43:40,865 We have no intention of imposing our culture, but America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity, the rule of law, limits on the power of the state, respect for women, private property, free speech, equal justice, and religious tolerance. 359 00:43:46,105 --> 00:44:05,425 America will take the side of brave men and women who advocate these values around the world, 360 00:44:06,025 --> 00:44:08,145 including the Islamic world, 361 00:44:08,685 --> 00:44:13,785 because we have a greater objective than eliminating threats and containing resentment. 362 00:44:13,785 --> 00:44:17,385 we seek a just and peaceful world 363 00:44:17,385 --> 00:44:19,565 beyond the war on terror 364 00:44:19,565 --> 00:44:22,785 in this moment of opportunity 365 00:44:22,785 --> 00:44:26,625 a common danger is erasing old rivalries 366 00:44:26,625 --> 00:44:29,305 America is working with Russia 367 00:44:29,305 --> 00:44:31,745 and China and India 368 00:44:31,745 --> 00:44:35,785 in ways we have never before to achieve peace and prosperity 369 00:44:35,785 --> 00:44:38,725 in every region free markets 370 00:44:38,725 --> 00:44:40,745 and free trade and free societies 371 00:44:40,745 --> 00:44:43,725 are proving their power to lift lives 372 00:44:43,725 --> 00:44:55,465 Together with friends and allies from Europe to Asia and Africa to Latin America, we will demonstrate that the forces of terror cannot stop the momentum of freedom. 373 00:44:55,465 --> 00:45:14,905 The last time I spoke here, 374 00:45:15,805 --> 00:45:19,025 I expressed the hope that life would return to normal. 375 00:45:20,305 --> 00:45:24,465 In some ways it has, in others it never will. 376 00:45:25,465 --> 00:45:30,805 Those of us who have lived through these challenging times have been changed by them. 377 00:45:32,045 --> 00:45:34,745 We've come to know truths that we will never question. 378 00:45:36,045 --> 00:45:39,205 Evil is real, and it must be opposed. 379 00:45:47,725 --> 00:45:50,265 Beyond all differences of race or creed, 380 00:45:50,265 --> 00:45:55,445 we are one country, mourning together and facing danger together. 381 00:45:56,745 --> 00:45:59,245 Deep in the American character, there is honor, 382 00:45:59,725 --> 00:46:01,685 and it is stronger than cynicism. 383 00:46:02,525 --> 00:46:05,565 And many have discovered again that even in tragedy, 384 00:46:06,405 --> 00:46:09,285 especially in tragedy, God is near. 385 00:46:20,265 --> 00:46:35,485 In a single instant, we realized that this will be a decisive decade in the history of liberty, 386 00:46:36,025 --> 00:46:39,625 that we've been called to a unique role in human events. 387 00:46:41,205 --> 00:46:45,545 Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or consequential. 388 00:46:45,545 --> 00:46:48,405 our enemies send other people's children 389 00:46:48,405 --> 00:46:50,545 on missions of suicide and murder 390 00:46:50,545 --> 00:46:53,165 they embrace tyranny and death 391 00:46:53,165 --> 00:46:54,565 as a cause and a creed 392 00:46:54,565 --> 00:46:57,545 we stand for a different choice 393 00:46:57,545 --> 00:46:59,245 made long ago 394 00:46:59,245 --> 00:47:00,485 on the day of our founding 395 00:47:00,485 --> 00:47:03,265 we affirm it again today 396 00:47:03,265 --> 00:47:05,365 we choose freedom 397 00:47:05,365 --> 00:47:07,045 and the dignity 398 00:47:07,045 --> 00:47:08,505 of every life 399 00:47:15,545 --> 00:47:45,525 Thank you. 400 00:47:45,545 --> 00:47:48,945 Thank you all. May God bless.