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Montage: 18 Times Obama Trashed America in Asia
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Barack Obama

Name: Barack Obama

Employment: The White House

Position: President

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09/09/2016 11:59 am
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“There are still too ░░░░░░░░ children in poverty in ░░░░░░░░ United States who still ░░░░░░░░ t getting enough to ░░░░░░░░ That is also connected ░░░░░░░░ education And we still ░░░░░░░░ a lot of children ░░░░░░░░ a country so wealthy ░░░░░░░░ on a day to ░░░░░░░░ basis are not getting ░░░░░░░░ kinds of educational opportunities ░░░░░░░░ they deserve And we ░░░░░░░░ enough wealth to do ░░░░░░░░ The question is whether ░░░░░░░░ have the political will ░░░░░░░░ make the investments in ░░░░░░░░ communities many of which ░░░░░░░░ in inner cities Oftentimes ░░░░░░░░ are poor African American ░░░░░░░░ Latino who are still ░░░░░░░░ back historically by discrimination ░░░░░░░░ because we re such ░░░░░░░░ big country we haven ░░░░░░░░ always had to know ░░░░░░░░ other parts of the ░░░░░░░░ If you you re ░░░░░░░░ the United States sometimes ░░░░░░░░ can feel lazy and ░░░░░░░░ we re so big ░░░░░░░░ don t have to ░░░░░░░░ know anything about other ░░░░░░░░ I think he cares ░░░░░░░░ some real legitimate issues ░░░░░░░░ have to be talked ░░░░░░░░ And if nothing else ░░░░░░░░ he s done is ░░░░░░░░ s generated more conversation ░░░░░░░░ some topics that need ░░░░░░░░ be talked about We ░░░░░░░░ had to deal with ░░░░░░░░ or conflict between races ░░░░░░░░ groups new immigrants And ░░░░░░░░ America is not perfect ░░░░░░░░ it still has racial ░░░░░░░░ It still has its ░░░░░░░░ problems It should worry ░░░░░░░░ its own problems And ░░░░░░░░ agree with that in ░░░░░░░░ sense that we definitely ░░░░░░░░ still have problems we ░░░░░░░░ to work on We ░░░░░░░░ have discrimination we still ░░░░░░░░ situations where women are ░░░░░░░░ treated equally We didn ░░░░░░░░ think through all the ░░░░░░░░ of what we did ░░░░░░░░ when you see the ░░░░░░░░ of cluster bombs trying ░░░░░░░░ figure out how that ░░░░░░░░ going to be effective ░░░░░░░░ since part of the ░░░░░░░░ was to win over ░░░░░░░░ and minds With the ░░░░░░░░ of hindsight we have ░░░░░░░░ say that a lot ░░░░░░░░ these consequences were not ░░░░░░░░ ones that served our ░░░░░░░░ The way that Native ░░░░░░░░ were treated was tragic ░░░░░░░░ are a nation that ░░░░░░░░ founded on the belief ░░░░░░░░ dignity of evert human ░░░░░░░░ Sometimes we ve struggled ░░░░░░░░ stay true to that ░░░░░░░░ If you see the ░░░░░░░░ destroyed it s not ░░░░░░░░ that s necessary for ░░░░░░░░ It s usually because ░░░░░░░░ re being lazy Look ░░░░░░░░ United States is still ░░░░░░░░ how to do this ░░░░░░░░ we ve been at ░░░░░░░░ a long time But ░░░░░░░░ used to have terrible ░░░░░░░░ everywhere Given our history ░░░░░░░░ believe that United States ░░░░░░░░ a moral obligation to ░░░░░░░░ Laos heel For nine ░░░░░░░░ there was a secret ░░░░░░░░ in which the United ░░░░░░░░ was dropping bombs on ░░░░░░░░ country As a result ░░░░░░░░ that conflict and its ░░░░░░░░ many people fled or ░░░░░░░░ driven from their homes ░░░░░░░░ United States dropped more ░░░░░░░░ on Laos than Germany ░░░░░░░░ Japan during the WWII ░░░░░░░░ United States dropped more ░░░░░░░░ two million tons of ░░░░░░░░ here in Laos You ░░░░░░░░ see some of these ░░░░░░░░ showing everything that landed ░░░░░░░░ relatively simple homes like ░░░░░░░░ As one Laotian said ░░░░░░░░ bombs fell like rain ░░░░░░░░ and entire valleys were ░░░░░░░░ The ancient Plain of ░░░░░░░░ was devastated Countless civilians ░░░░░░░░ killed By some estimates ░░░░░░░░ bombs per capita were ░░░░░░░░ on Laos than any ░░░░░░░░ country in the world.”
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