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- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama has made the Asia Pacific region a focus of his foreign policy, and Vietnam - a large, growing economy in the heart of Southeast Asia - is critical to those efforts.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The TPP will be good for the American economy, the Vietnamese economy, and the labor and environmental standards that make life better for our people.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the TPP - like any trade deal - is a subject of vigorous debate, its benefits are clear. The TPP will open markets and bring down barriers for American businesses in the world's largest emerging market, creating jobs at home.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For more than fifty years, our policy towards Cuba was not making life better for Cubans. In many ways, it was making it worse.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are proud of the role our military plays in Japan: defending our allies, ensuring regional peace and stability, and responding to humanitarian catastrophes.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's trade policy has an enormous impact on the economic well-being of the American people and the strategic interests of the United States.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have enormous interests in the Asia Pacific. In addition to our economy, we need to secure our allies, protect our environment, promote peace and stability, ensure the free-flow of commerce, and stand up for human rights.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Catholic Church played an integral role in supporting the opening between the U.S. and Cuban governments.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jose Marti, known as 'the Apostle of Cuban Independence,' was an influential poet, journalist, and political theorist who became a symbol for the Cuban people's bid for independence. The concepts of freedom, liberty, and self-determination feature prominently in his work.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared experience between people that transcends our difficult history.
- Cuba
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- Nov 07, 2020
For more than fifty years, Americans and Cubans have been isolated from one another even though Cuba is only 90 miles away from Florida.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faith leaders, young people, American companies, human rights advocates, and many others have demonstrated a unique interest in our Cuba policy. But no community cares more deeply about these issues than Cuban Americans - young and old - who have maintained a profound interest in Cuba and an abiding faith in the Cuban people.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time, the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to open up more opportunities for U.S. businesses and travelers to engage with Cuba, and we want the Cuban government to open up more opportunities for its people to benefit from that engagement.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that there were discreet channels of communication established with Iran in 2012 is something that we confirmed publicly. However, we did not have any serious prospect of reaching a nuclear deal until after the election of Hassan Rouhani in 2013. Yes, we had discussions with the Iranians before that, but they did not get anywhere.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
All these newspapers used to have foreign bureaus. Now they don't. They call us to explain to them what's happening in Moscow and Cairo. Most of the outlets are reporting on world events from Washington.
- Begin
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know anymore where I begin and Obama ends.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to Israel's security, our military and intelligence cooperation, that's off limits. That's protected. That's sacrosanct.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never set out to work in the White House.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
People make a mistake when they think that if you just accumulate a set number of things on your resume, it's going to lead you to a particular place - the pattern of essentially compiling credentials to climb your way up a ladder. That may work, but that's not at all what happened to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found people I really wanted to work for; I made myself available to do whatever I could with the skills I had; I took some risk, packing up and moving to Chicago; and I looked for the opportunities that fit for me. So I think the biggest advice is to find people you love to work for who you're going to learn from.
- Different View
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the critiques of me is that I thought I knew it all. But I was learning from the enormous resources available within the U.S. government who have a very different view of the world than many of the people commenting on foreign policy from outside of the government.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are very few things I've ever been a part of that I believe in more than the Iran deal, and everything I said I believe to be true, and I was trying to make a case about the facts.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think people realize how many decisions the president of the United States makes about military action.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Active citizenship doesn't just mean running for office or going into politics; it means starting organisations that promote change or solve a problem, pursuing social good with economic success.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
What people admire about Prime Minister Modi is that he is an ambitious leader who is trying to elevate India economically, and enlisting all Indians in that project will make it more successful.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama has been on the world stage for 10 years, and people know what he believes. He doesn't single out individual countries and doesn't say, 'I believe in LGBT rights because I want to embarrass the political leadership in India.'
- Enforcing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this constant narrative of anxieties: Is the U.S. in decline? Is China rising? People forget... no other country is trying to play the role we play. They're not signing up to be responsible for security in the Middle East, responsible for the global economy, responsible for enforcing international norms.
- Showing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do miss is foreign travel, because there really is no substitute for showing up somewhere and representing the United States.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our basic assessment was that if America keeps going down these rabbit holes in the Middle East, we're just going to put ourselves out of business as the world leader because we're just draining resources and diplomatic bandwidth, and we're not producing outcomes.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Arab Spring, that obviously came to a head in Syria. I found myself arguing for intervention, mainly just because I wanted things to get better, and I had this germ of liberal humanitarian interventionism.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Benghazi attack was one of the more confusing, chaotic days that we had at work because you had these multiple violent protests taking place in the Middle East.
- Three
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first went to work in the West Wing, the most daunting thing was how small this place was... You walk in: it's three floors, and there's a few offices on each floor, and that's it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact of the matter is the West Wing never gets fully renovated because nobody wants to vacate it. And so you have basically patch-up jobs that are being done, but it's a tight and cramped environment.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a relatively anonymous guy, and for whatever reason, I became one of the villains for the Right.
- Secret
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the Secret Service actually patrolling my block at some point. I didn't sign up for that. I went to work to write speeches for Barack Obama!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The events of my twenties felt historic, but the people involved did not. I wanted a hero - someone who could make sense of what was happening around me and in some way redeem it.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was wrenching to read about the brutality of Assad every morning, to see images of family homes reduced to rubble. I felt we had to do something in Syria.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We can do things that challenge the conventional thinking that, you know, 'AIPAC doesn't like this,' or 'the Israeli government doesn't like this,' or 'the Gulf countries don't like it.' It's the possibility of improved relations with adversaries.
- Governance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The complete lack of governance in huge swaths of the Middle East - that is the project of the American establishment.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I profoundly do not believe that the United States could make things better in Syria by being there. And we have an evidentiary record of what happens when we're there - nearly a decade in Iraq.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the 5-to-4 decision upholding Trump's Muslim ban, arbitrary discrimination is now formal U.S. policy, celebrated by a president who campaigned on a 'total ban' of Muslims entering the United States.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition to deep divisions on issues such as trade, climate change, Middle East peace and nuclear weapons, Trump's attacks on leaders such as Trudeau and Merkel and disrespect for NATO and other institutions are prompting a reassessment by allied governments and publics.
- Declaring
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- Nov 07, 2020
By heralding President Xi Jinping's accession to permanent leadership, soliciting Vladimir Putin's reentry into the Group of Seven, and declaring that Kim Jong Un is 'beloved by his people,' Trump legitimizes the very behavior that U.S. presidents opposed for decades.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anthony Bourdain was the one who hooked me on Laos.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the separation of children from families seeking to join the United States was embraced as the official policy of our government, we should ask ourselves what story we will tell. President Trump's story is one of cruelty - that we may do something unfathomable to deter families from coming to America.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Downturns in migration almost always prove temporary, as people adjust to changes in American enforcement. What doesn't change is the basic human impulse to pursue a better life in a place where they believe it's still possible.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
U.S. leadership has been rooted not just in our own belief in American exceptionalism but in the faith of others around the world. By so wantonly discarding that principle, the Trump Administration has done incredible harm to the families they have separated through the state-sponsored child abuse that has been carried out in our name.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any country must establish control over its borders. That is essential to sovereignty and the security of our citizens. But America, at our best, has balanced that political, legal, and social objective with an appreciation for the benefits of immigration and a sense of respect for the dignity of all human beings.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the course of a presidency, a U.S. president says millions of words in public. You never know which of them end up cementing a certain impression.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most depressing things about President Donald Trump's decision to roll back elements of the Cuba opening is how predictable it was.
- Cold War
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- Nov 07, 2020
While President Obama raised the hopes of Americans and Cubans alike with a forward-looking opening in diplomatic, commercial and people-to-people ties, President Trump is turning back the clock to a tragically failed Cold War mindset by reimposing restrictions on those activities.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the developing world, Cuba has been a symbol of sovereignty and resistance and a supporter of revolution - for good or bad. From the Missile Crisis to the anti-apartheid movement, from the Kennedys to Obama era, this small island has put itself at the center of world events.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans will forever be proud of the brave men and women of our armed forces who served in World War II, and we will never forget those who paid the last full measure of devotion for our country. Their service protected our freedom and changed the course of history around the world.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following one of the most violent conflicts in human history, the United States and Japan built a deep and abiding friendship - an alliance that has underwritten unprecedented economic growth and security in the Asia Pacific for half a century. It is an alliance based on mutual interests and shared values and the ties between our people.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since taking office, President Obama has pursued a policy that focused more American resources and engagement in the Asia-Pacific, a region that will increasingly define opportunity and security in the 21st century.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan hosts more forward-deployed U.S. troops than any other country and serves as home port for our only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. In 2011, when a tsunami devastated Japan and created the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear facility, the United States stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our Japanese allies to respond and rebuild.
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've supported the development of Cuba's private sector. This is a human rights issue - people should have the right to live with dignity and to control their livelihoods.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our Cuba policy was a major obstacle to getting things done in the hemisphere and a source of tension around the world.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama started in public life not as an elected official but as a community organizer. He worked with churches and other groups on the south side of Chicago to push public leaders to fight poverty, improve the local school system and make housing more affordable, and to bring about the change the community needed and deserved.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where civil society thrives, governments operate with more transparency and accountability. This creates a tangible impact on the lives of everyday citizens.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
All over the world, independent and strong civil society - NGOs, faith leaders, and other community advocates - help governments solve problems and better serve their people better by shining a light on the issues that matter most - like education standards, access to healthcare, the rule of law, and economic opportunity.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where civil society is welcomed, communities are more safe, more secure, and more prosperous.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laos is a deeply Buddhist country, and my visit included a traditional Tak Bat ceremony, in which you get up at sunrise and make offerings to Buddhist monks.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
A critical part of our relationship with Laos involves addressing the legacy of war.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020