第一篇：奥巴马2012年纪念“911”讲话(双语)
外语下载中心http://down.tingroom.com 美国总统奥巴马2012年纪念“911袭击”讲话 Remarks of President Barack Obama on 9/11
The White House September 8, 2012
美国总统奥巴马纪念“911袭击”讲话
白宫
2012年9月8日
This week, we mark the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks.It’s a time toremember the nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children we lost, and the families they leftbehind.It’s a chance to honor the courage of the first responders who risked their lives – on thatday, and every day since.And it’s an opportunity to give thanks for our men and women inuniform who have served and sacrificed, sometimes far from home, to keep our country safe.这个星期，我们纪念9.11遇袭事件11周年。在这个时刻，我们追念失去的近3,000名无辜的男女老少，也向他们的家人表示慰问。在这个时刻，我们向紧急救援人员表示敬意，他们在那一天和此后的日日夜夜冒着生命的危险舍己救人。在这个时刻，我们感谢为国服务和做出奉献的男女军人，他们一心保卫我们的国家，有时还需要远离家乡。
This anniversary is about them.It’s also a time to reflect on just how far we’ve come as a nationthese past eleven years.这个纪念日是为了向他们致敬。这个纪念日也是为了回顾11年来我们作为一个国家做出了多大的努力。
On that clear September morning, as America watched the towers fall, and the Pentagon burn,and the wreckage smoldering in a Pennsylvania field, we were filled with questions.Where had theattacks come from, and how would America respond? Would they fundamentally weaken thecountry we love? Would they change who we are? 在那年9月一个晴朗的早晨，美国目睹了大楼轰然倒塌，五角大楼起火燃烧，飞机残骸在宾夕法尼压田野中焚毁，心中不禁充满了疑问。这些袭击来自何方？美国应该如何应对？我们热爱的国家是否会从此一蹶不振？我们是否会因此丧失我们的本色？
The last decade has been a difficult one, but together, we have answered those questions andcome back stronger as a nation.这一个10年充满了艰难险阻，但我们共克时艰，回答了这些问题，再次重振国之雄风。
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外语下载中心http://down.tingroom.com We took the fight to al Qaeda, decimated their leadership, and put them on a path to defeat.Andthanks to the courage and skill of our intelligence personnel and armed forces, Osama bin Laden willnever threaten America again.我们向“基地”组织发起了反击，扫除了该组织的首恶分子，让他们走上了灭亡的道路。由于我国情报人员和军人的大智大勇，奥萨马·本·拉登无法再对美国造成威胁。
Instead of pulling back from the world, we’ve strengthened our alliances while improving oursecurity here at home.As Americans, we refuse to live in fear.Today, a new tower rises above theNew York skyline.And our country is stronger, safer and more respected in the world.我们没有在世界上退守一隅。相反，我们加强了联盟的力量，同时改善了国内的安全。作为美国人，我们决不在恐惧中生活。今天，一栋新的高楼在纽约地平线上升起。我国日益强盛，更为安全，在全世界受到更大的尊重。
Instead of turning on each other, we’ve resisted the temptation to give in to mistrust andsuspicion.I have always said that America is at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates – and we willnever be at war with Islam or any other religion.We are the United States of America.Ourfreedom and persity make us unique, and they will always be central to who we are as a nation.我们没有相互指责，决不屈服于互不信任和猜疑的的诱惑。我经常表示，美国在与“基地”组织及其附庸作战，我们决不以伊斯兰教和其他任何宗教为对立面。我们是美利坚合众国。我们的自由和多样性使我们独树一帜，这些始终是我们的立国之本。
Instead of changing who we are, the attacks have brought out the best in the American people.More than 5 million members of the 9/11 Generation have worn America’s uniform over the pastdecade, and we’ve seen an outpouring of goodwill towards our military, veterans, and theirfamilies.Together, they’ve done everything we’ve asked of them.We’ve ended the war in Iraqand brought our troops home.We brought an end to the Taliban regime.We’ve trained AfghanSecurity Forces, and forged a partnership with a new Afghan Government.And by the end 2014,the transition in Afghanistan will be complete and our war there will be over.我们没有丧失我们的本色。相反，面对这些袭击事件，美国人民展示了最优秀的品质。10年来，500多万 “9.11一代人”穿上了军装。我们看见军人、老兵及其家人处处受到无比热情的欢迎。他们同心协力完成了我们要求他们做的任何一件工作。我们结束了在伊拉克的战争，撤回了我们的军队。我们推翻了塔利班政权。我们为阿富汗安全部队提供训练，与阿富
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外语下载中心http://down.tingroom.com 汗新政府建立了伙伴关系。到2014年底，阿富汗将完成过渡，我们在那里的战事将最后结束。
And finally, instead of turning inward with grief, we’ve honored the memory of those we lost bygiving back to our communities, serving those in need, and reaffirming the values at the heart ofwho we are as a people.That’s why we mark September 11th as a National Day of Service andRemembrance.Because we are one American family.And we look out for each other – not juston the difficult days, but every day.最后，我们没有陷入悲痛不能自拔。我们回馈社区，为有需要的人提供服务，坚持我国人民的核心价值，以此缅怀失去的生命。正是因为如此，我们确定9月11日为全国服务与纪念日。因为我们都属于美国大家庭。我们不仅在艰难的日子相互守望，而且每一天都相互扶持。
Eleven years later, that’s the legacy of 9/11 – the ability to say with confidence that no adversaryand no act of terrorism can change who we are.We are Americans, and we will protect andpreserve this country we love.On this solemn anniversary, let’s remember those we lost, let usreaffirm the values they stood for, and let us keep moving forward as one nation and one people.11年来，9.11留下的遗产——有能力自信地说，任何敌人和任何恐怖主义行为都无法改变我们的本色。作为美国人，我们将捍卫和维护我们热爱的这个国家。在这个隆重的纪念日到来之际，让我们铭记我们失去的生命，让我们重申他们坚持的价值观，让我们的国家和人民继续奋勇向前。
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第二篇：奥巴马9.11十周年纪念讲话
A Concert for Hope Kennedy Center Washington, D.C.8:12 P.M.EDT
THE PRESIDENT: The Bible tells us--“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights.Mighty towers crumbled.Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon.Airplane wreckage smoldered on a Pennsylvania field.Friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters –-they were taken from us with a heartbreaking swiftness and cruelty.And on September 12, 2001, we awoke to a world in which evil was closer at hand, and uncertainty clouded our future.In the decade since, much has changed for Americans.We’ve known war and recession, passionate debates and political pides.We can never get back the lives that were lost on that day or the Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed.And yet today, it is worth remembering what has not changed.Our character as a nation has not changed.Our faith-– in God and in each other –-that has not changed.Our belief in America, born of a timeless ideal that men and women should govern themselves;that all people are created equal, and deserve the same freedom to determine their own destiny –-that belief, through tests and trials, has only been strengthened.These past 10 years have shown that America does not give in to fear.The rescue workers who rushed to the scene, the firefighters who charged up the stairs, the passengers who stormed the cockpit--these patriots defined the very nature of courage.Over the years we’ve also seen a more quiet form of heroism--in the ladder company that lost so many men and still suits up and saves lives every day, the businesses that have been rebuilt from nothing, the burn victim who has bounced back, the families who press on.Last spring, I received a letter from a woman named Suzanne Swaine.She had lost her husband and brother in the Twin Towers, and said that she had been robbed of, “so many would-be proud moments where a father watches their child graduate, or tend a goal in a lacrosse game, or succeed academically.” But her daughters are in college, the other doing well in high school.“It has been 10 years of raising these girls on my own,” Suzanne wrote.“I could not be prouder of their strength and resilience.” That spirit typifies our American family.And the hopeful future for those girls is the ultimate rebuke to the hateful killers who took the life of their father.These past 10 years have shown America’s resolve to defend its citizens, and our way of life.Diplomats serve in far off posts, and intelligence professionals work tirelessly without recognition.Two million Americans have gone to war since 9/11.They have demonstrated that those who do us harm cannot hide from the reach of justice, anywhere in the world.America has been defended not by conscripts, but by citizens who choose to serve-– young people who signed up straight out of high school, guardsmen and reservists, workers and business-people, immigrants and fourth-generation soldiers.They are men and women who left behind lives of comfort for two, three, four, five tours of duty.Too many will never come home.Those that do carry dark memories from distant places and the legacy of fallen friends.The sacrifices of these men and women, and of our military families, reminds us that the wages of war are great;that while service to our nation is full of glory, war itself is never glorious.Our troops have been to lands unknown to many Americans a decade ago-– to Kandahar and Kabul;to Mosul and Basra.But our strength is not measured in our ability to stay in these places;it comes from our commitment to leave those lands to free people and sovereign states, and our desire to move from a decade of war to a future of peace.These 10 years have shown that we hold fast to our freedoms.Yes, we’re more vigilant against those who threaten us, and there are inconveniences that come with our common defense.Debates –-about war and peace, about security and civil liberties –-have often been fierce these last 10 years.But it is precisely the rigor of these debates, and our ability to resolve them in a way that honors our values and our democracy, that is the measure of our strength.Meanwhile, our open markets still provide innovators the chance to create and succeed, our citizens are still free to speak their minds, and our souls are enriched in churches and temples, our synagogues and our mosques.These past 10 years underscores the bonds between all Americans.We have not succumbed to suspicion, nor have we succumbed to mistrust.After 9/11, to his great credit, President Bush made clear what we reaffirm today: The United States will never wage war against Islam or any other religion.Immigrants come here from all parts of the globe.And in the biggest cities and the smallest towns, in schools and workplaces, you still see people of every conceivable race and religion and ethnicity-– all of them pledging allegiance to the flag, all of them reaching for the same American dream –-e pluribus unum, out of many, we are one.These past 10 years tell a story of our resilience.The Pentagon is repaired, and filled with patriots working in common purpose.Shanksville is the scene of friendships forged between residents of that town, and families who lost loved ones there.New York--New York remains the most vibrant of capitals of arts and industry and fashion and commerce.Where the World Trade Center once stood, the sun glistens off a new tower that reaches towards the sky.Our people still work in skyscrapers.Our stadiums are still filled with fans, and our parks full of children playing ball.Our airports hum with travel, and our buses and subways take millions where they need to go.And families sit down to Sunday dinner, and students prepare for school.This land pulses with the optimism of those who set out for distant shores, and the courage of those who died for human freedom.Decades from now, Americans will visit the memorials to those who were lost on 9/11.They’ll run their fingers over the places where the names of those we loved are carved into marble and stone, and they may wonder at the lives that they led.And standing before the white headstones in Arlington, and in peaceful cemeteries and small-town squares in every corner of the country, they will pay respects to those lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.They’ll see the names of the fallen on bridges and statues, at gardens and schools.And they will know that nothing can break the will of a truly United States of America.They will remember that we’ve overcome slavery and Civil War;we’ve overcome bread lines and fascism and recession and riots, and communism and, yes, terrorism.They will be reminded that we are not perfect, but our democracy is durable, and that democracy –-reflecting, as it does, the imperfections of man-– also give us the opportunity to perfect our union.That is what we honor on days of national commemoration –-those aspects of the American experience that are enduring, and the determination to move forward as one people.More than monuments, that will be the legacy of 9/11 –-a legacy of firefighters who walked into fire and soldiers who signed up to serve;of workers who raised new towers, and citizens who faced down their private fears.Most of all, of children who realized the dreams of their parents.It will be said that we kept the faith;that we took a painful blow, and we emerged stronger than before.“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
With a just God as our guide, let us honor those who have been lost, let us rededicate ourselves to the ideals that define our nation, and let us look to the future with hearts full of hope.May God bless the memory of those we lost, and may God bless the United States of America.
第三篇：2013奥巴马就职演说全文 中英双语
2013奥巴马就职演说全文 中英双语
美国总统奥巴马当地时间1月21日在国会山发表其第二任期就职演讲。奥巴马在演讲中追溯美国民主传统和宪法精神，通过阐述就业、医保、移民、财政、同性恋及气候变化威胁等多项议题与现实有力契合。奥巴马强调，伟大国家的塑造必须依赖每个美国人的力量，而非少数人的成功，并强调国家团结的重要性。奥巴马提及这代美国人从建国之父那里继承的精神还没有完成实践，现在的美国人需要继续努力，实现生存、自由与追求幸福的权利。以下为奥巴马就职演说全文：
谢谢，非常感谢大家。拜登副总统、首席大法官先生、国会议员们、尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的公民们。
每一次我们集会庆祝总统就职都是在见证美国宪法的持久力量。我们都是在肯定美国民主的承诺。我们重申，将这个国家紧密联系在一起的不是我们的肤色，也不是我们信仰的教条，更不是我们名字的来源。让我们与众不同，让我们成为美国人的是我们对于一种理念的恪守。200多年前，这一理念在一篇宣言中被清晰阐述：
―我们认为下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。造物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利，包括生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。‖
今天，我们继续着这一未竟的征程，架起这些理念与我们时代现实之间的桥梁。因为历史告诉我们，即便这些真理是不言而喻的，它们也从来不会自动生效。因为虽然自由是上帝赋予的礼物，但仍需要世间的子民去捍卫。1776年，美国的爱国先驱们不是只为了推翻国王的暴政而战，也不是为赢得少数人的特权，建立暴民的统治。先驱们留给我们一个共和国，一个民有、民治、民享的政府。他们委托每一代美国人捍卫我们的建国信条。
在过去的200多年里，我们做到了。
从奴役的血腥枷锁和刀剑的血光厮杀中我们懂得了，建立在自由与平等原则之上的联邦不能永远维持半奴隶和半自由的状态。我们赢得了新生，誓言共同前进。
我们共同努力，建立起现代的经济体系。架设铁路与高速公路，加速了旅行和商业交流。建立学校与大学，培训我们的工人。
我们一起发现，自由市场的繁荣只能建立在保障竞争与公平竞争的原则之上。
我们共同决定让这个伟大的国家远离危险，保护她的人民不受生命威胁和不幸的侵扰。一路走来，我们从未放弃对集权的质疑。我们同样不屈服于这一谎言：一切的社会弊端都能够只靠政府来解决。我们对积极向上与奋发进取的赞扬，我们对努力工作与个人责任的坚持，这些都是美国精神的基本要义。
我们也理解，时代在变化，我们同样需要变革。对建国精神的忠诚，需要我们肩负起新的责任，迎接新的挑战。保护我们的个人自由，最终需要所有人的共同努力。因为美国人不能再独力迎接当今世界的挑战，正如美国士兵们不能再像先辈一样，用步枪和民兵同敌人作战。一个人无法培训所有的数学与科学老师，我们需要他们为了未来去教育孩子们。一个人无法建设道路、铺设网络、建立实验室来为国内带来新的工作岗位和商业机会。现在，与以往任何时候相比，我们都更需要团结合作。作为一个国家，一个民族团结起来。
这一代美国人经历了危机的考验，经济危机坚定了我们的决心，证明了我们的恢复力。长达十年的战争正在结束，经济的复苏已经开始。美国的可能性是无限的，因为我们拥有当今没有边界的世界所需要的所有品质：年轻与活力、多样性与开放、无穷的冒险精神以及创造的天赋才能。我亲爱的同胞们，我们正是为此刻而生，我们更要在此刻团结一致，抓住当下的机会。
因为我们，美国人民，清楚如果只有不断萎缩的少数人群体获得成功，而大多数人不能成功，我们的国家就无法成功。我们相信，美国的繁荣必须建立在不断上升的中产阶级的宽阔臂膀之上，我们知道美国的繁荣只有这样才能实现。只有当每个人都能找到工作中的自立与自豪时才能实现。只有当诚实劳动获得的薪水足够让家庭摆脱困苦的悬崖时才能实现。我们忠诚于我们的事业，保证让一个出生于最贫穷环境中的小女孩都能知道，她有同其他所有人一样的成功机会。因为她是一个美国人，她是自由的、平等的。她的自由平等不仅由上帝来见证，更由我们亲手保护。
我们知道，我们已然陈旧的程序不足以满足时代的需要。我们必须应用新理念和新技术重塑我们的政府，改进我们的税法，改革我们的学校，让我们的公民拥有他们所需要的技能，更加努力地工作，学更多的知识，向更高处发展。这意味着变革，我们的目标是：国家可以奖励每个美国人的努力和果断。
这是现在需要的。这将给我们的信条赋予真正的意义。
我们，人民，仍然认为，每个公民都应当获得基本的安全和尊严。我们必须做出艰难抉择，降低医疗成本，缩减赤字规模。但我们拒绝在照顾建设国家的这一代和投资即将建设国家的下一代间做出选择。因为我们记得过去的教训：老年人的夕阳时光在贫困中度过，家有残障儿童的父母无处求助。我们相信，在这个国家，自由不只是那些幸运儿的专属，或者说幸福只属于少数人。我们知道，不管我们怎样负责任地生活，我们任何人在任何时候都可能面临失业、突发疾病或住房被可怕的 1
飓风摧毁的风险。
我们通过医疗保险、联邦医疗补助计划、社会保障项目向每个人做出承诺，这些不会让我们的创造力衰竭，而是会让我们更强大。这些不会让我们成为充满不劳而获者的国度，这些让我们敢于承担风险，让国家伟大。
我们，人民，仍然相信，我们作为美国人的义务不只是对我们自己而言，还包括对子孙后代。我们将应对气候变化的威胁，认识到不采取措施应对气候变化就是对我们的孩子和后代的背叛。一些人可能仍在否定科学界的压倒性判断，但没有人能够避免熊熊火灾、严重旱灾、更强力风暴带来的灾难性打击。通向可再生能源利用的道路是漫长的，有时是困难的。但美国不能抵制这种趋势，我们必须引领这种趋势。我们不能把制造新就业机会和新行业的技术让给其他国家，我们必须明确这一承诺。这是我们保持经济活力和国家财富(我们的森林和航道，我们的农田与雪峰)的方法。这将是我们保护我们星球的办法，上帝把这个星球托付给我们。这将给我们的建国之父们曾宣布的信条赋予意义。
我们，人民，仍然相信持久的安全与和平，不需要持续的战争。我们勇敢的士兵经受了战火的考验，他们的技能和勇气是无可匹敌的。我们的公民依然铭记着那些阵亡者，他们非常清楚我们为自由付出的代价。明白他们的牺牲将让我们永远对那些试图伤害我们的势力保持警惕。但我们也是那些赢得和平而不只是战争的人们的后代，他们将仇敌转变成最可靠的朋友，我们也必须把这些经验带到这个时代。
我们将通过强大的军力和法制保护我们的人民，捍卫我们的价值观。我们将展现试图和平解决与其它国家分歧的勇气，但这不是因为我们对面临的危险持幼稚的态度，而是因为接触能够更持久地化解疑虑和恐惧。美国将在全球保持强大的联盟，我们将更新这些能扩展我们应对海外危机能力的机制。因为作为世界上最强大的国家，我们在世界和平方面拥有最大的利益。我们将支持从亚洲到非洲、从美洲至中东的民主国家，因为我们的利益和良心驱使我们代表那些想获得自由的人们采取行动。我们必须成为贫困者、病患者、被边缘化的人士、异见受害者的希望来源，不仅仅是出于慈善，也是因为这个时代的和平需要不断推进我们共同信念中的原则：宽容和机遇，人类尊严与正义。
我们，人民，今天昭示的最明白的事实是——我们所有人都是生而平等的，这是依然引领我们的恒星。它引领我们的先辈穿越纽约塞尼卡瀑布城(女权抗议事件)、塞尔马(黑人权力事件)和石墙骚乱(同性恋与警察发生的暴力事件)，引领着所有的男性和女性，留下姓名和没留姓名的人。在伟大的征程中，一路上留下足迹的人。曾经听一位牧师说，我们不能独自前行。马丁-路德-金说，我们个人的自由与地球上每个灵魂的自由不可分割。
继续先辈开创的事业是我们这代人的任务。直到我们的妻子、母亲和女儿的付出能够与她们的努力相称，我们的征途才会结束。我们的征途不会终结，我们要让同性恋的兄弟姐妹在法律之下得到与其他人同样的待遇。如果我们真正是生而平等的，那么我们对彼此的爱也应该是平等的。我们的征途没有结束，直到没有公民需要等待数个小时去行使投票权。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们找到更好的方法迎接努力、有憧憬的移民，他们依旧视美国是一块充满机会的土地。直到聪颖年轻的学生和工程师为我们所用，而不是被逐出美国。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们所有的儿童，从底特律的街道到阿巴拉契亚的山岭，再到康涅狄格州纽镇安静的小巷，直到他们得到关心和珍视，永远避免受到伤害。
那是我们这一代的任务——让生存、自由和追求幸福的言语、权力和价值切实体现在每个美国人的身上。我们的立国文本没有要求我们将每个人的生活一致化。这并不意味着，我们会以完全一样的方式去定义自由，沿着同样的道路通向幸福。进步不会终止几个世纪以来一直纠结的关于政府角色的争论，但这要求我们现在就采取行动。
目前是由我们决策，我们不能拖延。我们不能将绝对主义当作原则，或者以表象代替政治，或将中伤视作理性的辩论。我们必须行动，要意识到我们的工作并不完美。我们必须行动，意识到今天的胜利是并不完全的。这些将有赖于未来4年、40年或是400年致力于这项事业的人，去推进当年在费城制宪会议大厅传承给我们的永恒精神。
我的美国同胞，我今天在你们面前宣读的誓词，如同在国会山服务的其他人曾宣读过的誓词一样，是对上帝和国家的誓词，不是对政党或是派别的，我们必须在任期内忠实地履行这些承诺。但我今天宣读的誓词与士兵报名参军或者是移民实现梦想时所宣读的誓词没有多少差别。我的誓词与我们所有的人向我们头顶飘扬的、让我们心怀自豪的国旗所表达的誓言没有多大差别。
这些是公民的誓词，代表着我们最伟大的希望。
你和我，作为公民，都有为这个国家设定道路的权力。
你和我，作为公民，有义务塑造我们时代的辩题，不仅是通过我们的选票，而且要为捍卫悠久的价值观和持久的理想发声。
现在让我们相互拥抱，怀着庄严的职责和无比的快乐，这是我们永恒的与生俱来的权利。有共同的努力和共同的目标，用热情与奉献，让我们回应历史的召唤，将珍贵的自由之光带入并不确定的未来。
感谢你们，上帝保佑你们，愿上帝永远保佑美利坚合众国。
以下是奥巴马第二任期就职演说英文版：
MR.OBAMA: Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution.We affirm the promise of our democracy.We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:
―We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.‖
Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing;that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.For more than two hundred years, we have.Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce;schools and colleges to train our workers。
Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone.Our celebration of initiative and enterprise;our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character.But we have always understood that when times change, so must we;that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges;that preserving our inpidual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias.No single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores.Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.A decade of war is now ending.An economic recovery has begun.America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive;persity and openness;an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention.My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many
barely make it.We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work;when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship.We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher.But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American.That is what this moment requires.That is what will give real meaning to our creed.We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit.But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn.We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm.The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative;they strengthen us.They do not make us a nation of takers;they free us to take the risks that make this country great.We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms.The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult.But America cannot resist this transition;we must lead it.We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways;our croplands and snowcapped peaks.That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God.That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage.Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty.The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm.But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well.We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law.We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear.America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe;and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation.We will support democracy from Asia to Africa;from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom.And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity;human dignity and justice.We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still;just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall;just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone;to hear a King proclaim that our inpidual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began.For our journey is not complete until our wives, our
mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts.Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote.Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity;until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country.Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American.Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life;it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness.Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time.For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay.We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our service.But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her dream.My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright.With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.
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Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.So it has been.So it must be with this generation of Americans.That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.Homes have been lost;jobs shed;businesses shuttered.Our health care is too costly;our schools fail too many;and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land, a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit;to choose our better history;to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.In re affirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given.It must be earned.Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.It has not been the path for the faint-heartedsome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West;endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg;Normandy and Khe Sahn.Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.They saw America as bigger than the sum of our inpidual ambitions;greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.This is the journey we continue today.We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth.Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began.Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year.Our capacity remains undiminished.But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions-that time has
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surely passed.Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act, not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.All this we can do.And all this we will do.Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans.Their memories are short.For they have forgotten what this country has already done;what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too s mall, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward.Where the answer is no, programs will end.And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill.Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control, and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.The success of our economy has always just size on the our As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please.Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use;our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.We are the keepers of this legacy.Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation and understanding between nations.We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan.With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken;you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a w eakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every 大家网，大家的！2 / 6 69358617.doc http:// 更多精品在大家！
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end of this Earth;and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass;that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve;that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself;and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history;but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow;to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders;nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect.For the world has changed, and we must change with it.As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains.They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service;a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.And yet, at this moment, a moment that will define a generation, it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our It with which our success dependsthese things are old.These things are true.They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.What is demanded then is a return to these truths.What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility, a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.This is the price and the promise of citizenship.This is the source of our confidence, the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.The capital was abandoned.The enemy was advancing.The snow was stained with blood.At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
“Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet(it).”
America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words.With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not
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turn back nor did we falter;and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.美国当地时间1月20日上午12点05分(北京时间21日凌晨1点05分)，第44届美国总统奥巴马发表了就职演说。以下为演讲全文实录：
我的同胞们，今天我站在这里，看到眼前面临的重大任务，深感卑微。我感谢你们对我的信任，也知道先辈们为了这个国家所作的牺牲。我要感谢布什总统为国家做出的贡献，以及感谢他在两届政府过渡期间给与的慷慨协作。
迄今为止，已经有44个美国总统宣誓就职。总统的宣誓有时面对的是国家的和平繁荣，但通常面临的是乌云密布的紧张形势。在紧张的形势中，支持美国前进的不仅仅是领导人的能力和远见，也在于美国人民对国家先驱者理想的信仰，以及对美国立国文件的忠诚。
前辈们如此，我们这一代美国人也要如此。
现在我们都深知，我们身处危机之中。我们的国家在战斗，对手是影响深远的暴力和憎恨；国家的经济也受到严重的削弱，原因虽有一些人的贪婪和不负责任，但更为重要的是我们作为一个整体在一些重大问题上决策失误，同时也未能做好应对新时代的准备。
我们的人民正在失去家园，失去工作，很多且要倒闭。社会的医疗过于昂贵、学校教育让许多人失望，而且每天都会有新的证据显示，我们利用能源的方式助长了我们的敌对势力，同时也威胁着我们的星球。统计数据的指标传达着危机的消息。危机难以测量，但更难以测量的是其对美国人国家自信的侵蚀勤奋、诚实、勇气、公平竞争、包容以及对世界保持好奇心，还有对国家的忠诚和爱国主义-却是历久弥新，这些价值观是可靠的。他们是创造美国历史的无声力量。我们现在需要的就是回归这些古老的价值观。我们需要一个新的负责任的时代，一个觉醒的时代，每个国人都应意识到即我们对自己、对国家和世界负有责任，我们不应该不情愿地接受这些责任，而应该快乐地承担起这些责任。我们应该坚定这一认识，即没有什么比全身心投入一项艰巨的工作更能锻炼我们的性格，更能获得精神上的满足。这是公民应尽的义务，应做出的承诺。
我们自信源于对上帝的信仰，上帝号召我们要掌握自己的命运。
这就是我们自由和信仰的意义，这也是为何不同种族、不同信仰、不同性别和年龄的人可以同聚一堂在此欢庆的原因，也是我今天能站在这里庄严宣誓的原因，而在50多年前我的父亲甚至都不能成为地方餐馆的服务生。
所以，让我们铭记自己的身份，镌刻自己的足迹。在美国诞生的时代，那最寒冷的岁月里，一群勇敢的爱国人士围着篝火在冰封的河边取暖。首都被占领，敌人在挺进，冬天的雪被鲜血染成了红色。在美国大革命最受质疑的时刻，我们的国父们这样说：
“我们要让未来的世界知道……在深冬的严寒里，唯有希望和勇气才能让我们存活……面对共同的危险时，我们的城市和国家要勇敢地上前去面对。”
今天的美国也在严峻的寒冬中面对共同的挑战，让我们记住国父们不朽的语言。带着希望和勇气，让我们再一次勇敢地面对寒流，迎接可能会发生的风暴。我们要让我们的子孙后代记住，在面临挑战的时候，我们没有屈服，我们没有逃避也没有犹豫，我们脚踏实地、心怀信仰，秉承了宝贵的自由权利并将其安全地交到了下一代的手中。/ 6 69358617.doc
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第五篇：奥巴马讲话文本
奥巴马每周电视讲话(2月19日)
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Remarks of President Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery
February 19, 2011 Hillsboro, Oregon
I’m speaking to you from just outside Portland, Oregon where I’m visiting Intel, a company that helped pioneer the digital age.I just came from a tour of an assembly line where highly-skilled technicians are building microprocessors that run everything from desktop computers to smartphones.But these workers aren’t just manufacturing high-tech computer chips.They’re showing us how America will win the future.For decades, Intel has led the world in developing new technologies.But even as global competition has intensified, this company has invested, built, and hired in America.Three-quarters of Intel’s products are made by American workers.And as the company expands operations in Oregon and builds a new plant in Arizona, it plans to hire another 4,000 people this year.Companies like Intel are proving that we can compete – that instead of just being a nation that buys what’s made overseas, we can make things in America and sell them around the globe.Winning this competition depends on the ingenuity and creativity of our private sector – which was on display in my visit today.But it’s also going to depend on what we do as a nation to make America the best place on earth to do business.Over the next ten years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education beyond high school, many requiring proficiency in math and science.And yet today we’ve fallen behind in math, science, and graduation rates.As a result, companies like Intel struggle to hire American workers with the skills that fit their needs.If we want to win the global competition for new jobs and industries, we’ve got to win the global competition to educate our people.We’ve got to have the best trained, best skilled workforce in the world.That’s how we’ll ensure that the next Intel, the next Google, or the next Microsoft is created in America, and hires American workers.This is why, over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority.We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results;not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.We’re also making college more affordable for millions of students, and revitalizing our community colleges, so that folks can get the training they need for the careers they want.And as part of this effort, we’ve launched a nationwide initiative to connect graduates that need jobs with businesses that need their skills.Intel understands how important these partnerships can be – recognizing that their company’s success depends on a pipeline of skilled people ready to fill high-wage, high-tech jobs.Intel often pays for workers to continue their education at nearby Portland State University.As a result, one out of every fifteen of Intel’s Oregon employees has a degree from Portland State.In fact, Intel’s commitment to education begins at an even younger age.The company is providing training to help 100,000 math and science teachers improve their skills in the classroom.And today, I’m also meeting a few students from Oregon who impressed the judges in the high school science and engineering competitions that Intel sponsors across America.One young woman, Laurie Rumker, conducted a chemistry experiment to investigate ways to protect our water from pollution.Another student, named Yushi Wang, applied the principles of quantum physics to design a faster computer chip.We’re talking about high school students.So these have been a tough few years for our country.And in tough times, it’s natural to question what the future holds.But when you meet young people like Laurie and Yushi, it’s hard not to be inspired.And it’s impossible not to be confident about America.We are poised to lead in this new century – and not just because of the good work that large companies like Intel are doing.All across America, there are innovators and entrepreneurs who are trying to start the next Intel, or just get a small business of their own off the ground.I’ll be meeting with some of these men and women next week in Cleveland, to get ideas about what we can do to help their companies grow and create jobs.The truth is, we have everything we need to compete: bold entrepreneurs, bright new ideas, and world-class colleges and universities.And, most of all, we have young people just brimming with promise and ready to help us succeed.All we have to do is tap that potential.That’s the lesson on display at Intel.And that’s how America will win the future.Thank you.奥巴马2月26日电视讲话
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2011-02-27 08:15:06
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Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery February 26, 2011 Washington, DC
Over the last month, I’ve been traveling the country, talking to Americans about how we can out-educate, out-innovate, and out-build the rest of the world.Doing that will require a government that lives within its means, and cuts whatever spending we can afford to do without.But it will also require investing in our nation’s future ? training and educating our workers;increasing our commitment to research and technology;building new roads and bridges, high-speed rail and high-speed internet.In cities and towns throughout America, I’ve seen the benefits of these investments.The schools and colleges of Oregon are providing Intel ? the state’s largest private employer ? with a steady stream of highly-educated workers and engineers.At Parkville Middle School outside of Baltimore, engineering is the most popular subject, thanks to outstanding teachers who are inspiring students to focus on their math and science skills.In Wisconsin, a company called Orion is putting hundreds of people to work manufacturing energy-efficient lights in a once-shuttered plant.And in the small community of Marquette, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, widely accessible high-speed internet has allowed students and entrepreneurs to connect to the global economy.One small business, a third-generation, family-owned clothing shop called Getz’s is now selling their products online, which has helped them double their workforce and make them one of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing companies in a recent listing.Each of these places reminds us that investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure are an essential down payment on our future.But they also remind us that the only way we can afford these investments is by getting our fiscal house in order.Just like any family, we have to live within our means to make room for things we absolutely need.That’s why I’ve called for a freeze on annual domestic spending over the next five years ? a freeze that would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President.Just to be clear, that’s lower than it was under the past three administrations, and lower than it was under Ronald Reagan.Now, putting this budget freeze in place will require tough choices.That’s why I’ve frozen salaries for hardworking civil servants for three years, and proposed cutting programs I care about deeply, like community action programs in low-income neighborhoods.I’m not taking these steps lightly ? but I’m taking them because our economic future demands it.Still, a freeze in annual domestic spending is just a start.If we’re serious about tackling our long-run fiscal challenges, we also need to cut excessive spending wherever we find it ? in defense spending, spending in Medicare and Medicaid, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes.I’m willing to consider any serious ideas to help us reduce the deficit ? no matter what party is proposing them.But instead of cutting the investments in education and innovation we need to out-compete the rest of the world, we need a balanced approach to deficit reduction.We all need to be willing to sacrifice, but we can’t sacrifice our future.Next week, Congress will focus on a short-term budget.For the sake of our people and our economy, we cannot allow gridlock to prevail.Both Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate have said they believe it’s important to keep the government running while we work together on a plan to reduce our long-term deficit.Given that, I urge and expect them to find common ground so we can accelerate, not impede, economic growth.It won’t be easy.There will be plenty of debates and disagreements, and neither party will get everything it wants.Both sides will have to compromise.That’s what it will take to do what’s right for our country.And I look forward to working with members of both parties to produce a responsible budget that cuts what we can’t afford, sharpens America’s competitive edge in the world, and helps us win the future.Thanks everyone, and have a nice weekend.奥巴马3月5日电视讲话
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2011-03-06 00:00:02
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Weekly Address: Cutting Waste, Investing in the Future
March 05, 2011
I'm talking with you from Miami, Florida, where I'm visiting Miami Central High School, a school that's turning itself around on behalf of its kids.And I came here with Jeb Bush, former governor of this state, because he and I share the view that education isn't a partisan issue – it's an American issue.But in a larger sense, this is a moment when we’ve all got to do what the students and teachers are doing here.We've got to step up our game.Our top priority right now has to be creating new jobs and opportunities in a fiercely competitive world.And this week, we received very good news on that front.We learned that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years as our economy added another 222,000 private sector jobs last month.Now, we have a lot more work to do, not just for the Americans who still don't have a job, but for the millions more who still don't have the right job or all the work they need to live out the American Dream.But the progress we’re seeing says something about the determination and ingenuity of our people and our businesses.What's also helping to fuel this economic growth are the tax cuts that Democrats and Republicans came together to pass in December and I signed into law – tax cuts that are already making Americans’ paychecks bigger and allowing businesses to write off their investments, freeing up more money for job creation.Just as both parties cooperated on tax relief that is now fueling job growth, we need to come together around a budget that cuts spending without slowing our economic momentum.We need a government that lives within its means without sacrificing job-creating investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure.The budget I sent to Congress makes these investments, but it also includes a 5-year spending freeze, and it will reduce our deficits by $1 trillion over the next decade.In fact, the cuts I've proposed would bring annual domestic spending to its lowest share of the economy under any president in more than 50 years.Over the last few weeks, Members of Congress have been debating their own proposals.And I was pleased that Democrats and Republicans in Congress came together a few days ago and passed a plan to cut spending and keep the government running for two more weeks.Still, we can't do business two weeks at a time.It's not responsible, and it threatens the progress our economy has been making.We've got to keep that momentum going.We need to come together, Democrats and Republicans, around a long-term budget that sacrifices wasteful spending without sacrificing the job-creating investments in our future.My administration has already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway.And I'm prepared to do more.But we'll only finish the job together – by sitting at the same table, working out our differences, and finding common ground.That’s why I've asked Vice President Biden and members of my Administration to meet with leaders of Congress going forward.Getting our fiscal house in order can't just be something we use as cover to do away with things we dislike politically.And it can't just be about how much we cut.It's got to be about how we cut and how we invest.We've got to be smart about it.Because if we cut back on the kids I've met here and their education, for example, we'd be risking the future of an entire generation of Americans.And there's nothing responsible about that.We've got to come together to put America back on a fiscally sustainable course – and make sure that when it comes to the economy of the 21st century, our children and our country are better-prepared than anyone else in the world to take it on.Our future depends on it.That's not a Democratic or a Republican challenge – that’s an American challenge.And I’m confident it's one we'll meet.Thanks for listening.奥巴马3月12日电视讲话
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2011-03-12 22:30:04
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: Women's History Month Highlights the President's Resolve to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
March is Women’s History Month, a time not only to celebrate the progress that women have made, but also the women throughout our history who have made that progress possible.One inspiring American who comes to mind is Eleanor Roosevelt.In 1961, the former First Lady was unhappy about the lack of women in government, so she marched up to President Kennedy and handed him a three-page list of women who were qualified for top posts in his administration.This led the President to select Mrs.Roosevelt as the head of a new commission to look at the status of women in America, and the unfairness they routinely faced in their lives.Though she passed away before the commission could finish its work, the report they released spurred action across the country.It helped galvanize a movement led by women that would help make our society a more equal place.It’s been almost fifty years since the Roosevelt commission published its findings ? and there have been few similar efforts by the government in the decades that followed.That’s why, last week, here at the White House, we released a new comprehensive report on the status of women in the spirit on the one that was released half a century ago.There was a lot of positive news about the strides we’ve made, even in recent years.For example, women have caught up with men in seeking higher education.In fact, women today are more likely than men to attend and graduate from college.Yet, there are also reminders of how much work remains to be done.Women are still more likely to live in poverty in this country.In education, there are areas like math and engineering where women are vastly outnumbered by their male counterparts.This is especially troubling, for we know that to compete with nations around the world, these are the fields in which we need to harness the talents of all our people.That’s how we’ll win the future.And, today, women still earn on average only about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns.That’s a huge discrepancy.And at a time when folks across this country are struggling to make ends meet ? and many families are just trying to get by on one paycheck after a job loss ? it’s a reminder that achieving equal pay for equal work isn’t just a women’s issue.It’s a family issue.In one of my first acts as President, I signed a law so that women who’ve been discriminated against in their salaries could have their day in court to make it right.But there are steps we should take to prevent that from happening in the first place.That’s why I was so disappointed when an important bill to give women more power to stop pay disparities ? the Paycheck Fairness Act ? was blocked by just two votes in the Senate.And that’s why I’m going to keep up the fight to pass the reforms in that bill.Achieving equality and opportunity for women isn’t just important to me as President.It’s something I care about deeply as the father of two daughters who wants to see his girls grow up in a world where there are no limits to what they can achieve.As I’ve traveled across the country, visiting schools and meeting young people, I’ve seen so many girls passionate about science and other subjects that were traditionally not as open to them.We even held a science fair at the White House, where I met a young woman named Amy Chyao.She was only 16 years old, but she was actually working on a treatment for cancer.She never thought, “Science isn’t for me.” She never thought, “Girls can’t do that.” She was just interested in solving a problem.And because someone was interested in giving her a chance, she has the potential to improve lives.That tells me how far we’ve come.But it also tells me we have to work even harder to close the gaps that still exist, and to uphold that simple American ideal: we are all equal and deserving of the chance to pursue our own version of happiness.That’s what Eleanor Roosevelt was striving toward half a century ago.That’s why this report matters today.And that’s why, on behalf of all our daughters and our sons, we’ve got to keep making progress in the years ahead.Thanks for listening.奥巴马3月19日电视讲话
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2011-03-19 23:50:01
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The President Announces Economic Lessons to be Learned from Countries on the Latin America Trip Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address on Latin America Saturday, March 19, 2011 Washington, DC
In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle East and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.As I said on Friday, we will work with our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime accountable.And we will continue to stand with the people of Japan in their greatest hour of need.As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America.One of the main reasons for my trip is to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we create good jobs at home.Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly.And as these markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services.The question is, Where are those goods and services going to come from? As President, I want to make sure these products are made in America.I want to open more markets around the world so that American companies can do more business and hire more of our people.Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important.Every $1 billion of goods and services we export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States.So, the more we sell overseas, the more jobs we create on our shores.That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double our exports by 2014.And it’s a goal we’re on track to meet.Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American business.We now export more than three times as much to Latin America as we do to China, and our exports to the region will soon support more than two million jobs here in the United States.Brazil, the first stop on our trip, is a great example.In 2010, America’s exports to Brazil supported more than 250,000 American jobs.These are jobs at places like Capstone Turbine in California, which recently sold $2 million worth of high-tech energy equipment to Brazil.Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in Charlotte, North Carolina that sells and repairs tools for building cars and planes.A deal with a distributor in Brazil has resulted in new sales and new employees at that firm.And we can point to large companies like Sikorsky, whose helicopter sales to Brazil help sustain a large, skilled workforce in Connecticut, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation.And I’ll be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more jobs by deepening these economic ties.After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a growing economy, and increasing demand for American goods.In fact, since 2004, our exports there are up 300 percent, and now support about 70,000 jobs in the United States.Finally, we’ll head to El Salvador, a nation with so much promise for growth with the potential to benefit both of our nations.We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south.It’s a bond born of shared history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots to Latin America.But what is clear is that in an increasingly global economy, our partnership with these nations is only going to become more vital.For it’s a source of growth and prosperity ? and not just for the people of Latin America, but for the American people as well.Thank you.
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