Obama cancels trip to Asia due to government shutdown

奥巴马2014白宫记者协会晚宴演讲稿中英文全文2014年5月3日，美国总统奥巴马在华盛顿希尔顿酒店出席一年一度的白宫记者协会晚宴（White House Correspondents Dinner, WHCD），这是奥巴马第六次出席白宫记者协会晚宴。

Remarks by the President at White House Correspondents' Dinner10:21 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much,e very body. Have a seat, have a seat. Before I get started, can we get the new presidential setup out here?(Aides bring out two ferns.)It was worked before. (Laughter and applause.) That’s more like it.It is great to be back. What a year, huh? I usually start these dinners with a fewself-deprecating jokes. After my stellar 2013, what could I possibly talk about? (Laughter.)I admit it -- last year was rough.Sheesh.(Laughter.) At one point things got so bad, the 47 percent called Mitt Romney to apologize. (Laughter.)Of course, we rolled out . That could have gone better. (Laughter.) In 2008 my slogan was, “Yes We Can.” In 2013 my slogan was, “Control-Alt-Delete.” (Laughter.) On the plus side, they did turn the launch of into one of the year’s biggest movies. (Laughter.)But rather than d well on the past, I would like to pivot to this dinner. Let’s welcome our headliner this evening, Joel McHale. (Applause.) On “Community,” Joel plays a preening,self-obsessed narcissist. So this dinner must be a real change of pace for you. (Laughter.)I want to thank the White House Correspondents Association for hosting us here tonight. I am happy to be here, even though I am a little jet-lagged from my trip to Malaysia. The lengths we have to go to get CNN coveragethese days. (Laughter and applause.) I think they’re still searching for their table. (Laughter and applause.)MSNBC is here. They’re a little overwhelmed. (Laughter.) They’ve never seen an audience this big before. (Laughter.)But, look, e very body is trying to keep up with this incredibly fast-changing media landscape. For example, I got a lot of grief on cable news for promoting Obamacare to young people on Between Two Ferns. But that’s what young people like to watch. And to be fair, I am not the first person on television between two potted plants. (Laughter and applause.)Sometimes I do feel disrespected by yourepo rters. But that’s okay. Seattle Seahawk cornerback Richard Sherman is here tonight. (Applause.) And he gave me some great tips on how to handle it. J ake Tapper, don’t you ever talk about me like that! (Laughter.) I’m the best President in the game! (Laughter.)What do you think, Richard? Was that good? A little more feeling next time?While we’re talking sports, just last month, a wonderful story -- an American won the Boston Marathon for first time in 30 years. (Applause.)Which was inspiring and only fair, since a Kenyan has been president for the last six.(Laughter and applause.)Had to even things out.(Laughter.)We have some other athletes here tonight, including Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Jamie Anderson is here. We’re proud of her. (Applause.)Incredibly talented young lady. Michelle and I watched the Olympics -- we cannot believe what these folks do --death-defying feats -- haven’t seen somebody pull a “180” that fast since Rand Paul disinvited that Nevada rancher from t his dinner. (Laughter.) As a general rule, things don’t like end well if the sentence starts, “Let me tell you something I know about the negro.” (Laughter.) You don’t really need to hear the rest of it. (Laughter andapplause.) Just a tip for you -- don’t start your sentence that way. (Laughter.)Speaking of Rand Paul -- (laughter) -- Colorado legalized marijuana t his year, an interesting social experiment. I do hope it doesn’t lead to a whole lot of paranoid people who think that the federal government is out to get them and listening to their ph one calls. (Laughter.) That would be a problem. (Laughter.)And speaking of conservative heroes, the Koch brothers bought a table here tonight. But as usual, they used a shadowy right-wing organization as a front. Hello, Fox News. (Laughter and applause.)I’m just kidding. Let’s face it, Fox, you’ll miss me when I’m gone. (Laughter.) It will be harder to convince the American people that Hillary was born in Kenya. (Laughter and applause.)A lot of us really are concerned about the way big m one y is influencing our politics. I rememberwhen a Super PAC was just me buying Marlboro 100s instead of regulars. (Laughter.)Of course, now that it’s 2014, Washington is obsessed on the midterms. Folks are saying that with my sagging poll numbers, my fellow Democrats don’t really want me campaigning with them. And I don’t think that’s true -- although I did notice the other day that Sasha needed a speaker at career day, and she invited Bill Clinton. (Laughter.) I was a little hurt by that. (Laughter.)Both sides are doing whatever it takes to win the ruthless game. Republicans -- this is a true story -- Republicans actually brought in a group of consultants to teach their candidates how to speak to women. T his is true. And I don’t know if it will work with women, but I understand that America’s teenage boys are signing up to run for the Senate in droves. (Laughter.)Anyway, while you guys focus on the horserace, I’m going to do what I do -- I’m going to be focused on e very day Americans. Just yesterday,I read a heartbreaking letter -- you know I get letters from folks from around the country; every day I get 10 that I read -- t his one got to me. A Virginia man who’s been stuck in the samepart-time job for years; no respect from his boss; no chance to get ahead. I really wish Eric Cantor would stop writing me. (Laughter.) You can just pick up the phone, Eric. (Laughter.)And I’m feeling sorry -- believe it or not -- for the Speaker of the House, as well. These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me, which means orange really is the new black. (Laughter and applause.)But I have not given up the idea of working with Congress. In fact, two weeks ago, Senator Ted Cruz and I, we got a bill d one together. And I have to say, the signing ceremony was something special. We’ve got a pictur e of it I think. (Laughter.)Look, I know, Washington seems more dysfunctional than ever. Gridlock has gotten sobad in t his town you have to wonder: What did we do to piss off Chris Christie so bad? (Laughter and applause.)One issue, for example, we haven’t been able to agree on is unemployment insurance. Republicans continue to refuse to extend it. And you know what, I am beginning to think they’ve got a point. If you want to get paid while not working, you should have to run for Congress just like e very body else. (Laughter and applause.)Of course, there is one thing that keeps Republicans busy. They have tried more than 50 times to repeal Obamacare. Despite that, 8 million people signed up for health care in the first open enrollment. (Applause.) Whichdoes lead one to ask, how well does Obamacare have to work befo re you don’t want to repeal it? What if e very body’s cholesterol drops to 120? (Laughter.) What if your yearly checkup came with tickets to a Clippers game? (Laughter.) Not the old, Donald Sterling Clippers-- the new Oprah Clippers. Would that be good enough? (Laughter.) What if they gave Mitch McConnell a pulse? (Laughter.) What is it going to take? (Laughter.)Anyway, this year, I’ve promised to use mo re executive actions to get things d one without Congress. My critics call t his the “imperial presidency.” The truth is, I just show upe very day in my office and do my job. I’ve got a picture of this I think. (Laughter and applause.) You would think they’d appreciate a more assertive approach, considering that the new conservative darling is none other than Vladimir Putin. (Laughter.) Last year, Pat Buchanan said Putin is “headed straight for the Nobel Peace Prize.” He said t his. Now I know it sounds crazy but to be fair, they give those to just about anybody these days. (Laughter.) So it could happen.But it’s not just Pat -- Rudy Giuliani said Putin is “what you call a lead er.” Mike Huckabee and Sean Hannity keep talking about his bare chest,which is kind of weird. (Laughter.) Look it up -- they talk about it a lot. (Laughter.)It is strange to think that I have just two and a half years left in t his office. E very where I look, there are reminders that I only hold this job temporarily. (Laughter.)But it’s a long time between now and 2016, and anything can happen. You may have heard the other day, Hillary had to dodge a flying shoe at a press conference. (Laughter and applause.) I love that picture. (Laughter.)Regardless of what happens, I’ve runmy last campaign and I’m beginning to think about my legacy. Some of you know -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced he is naming a high school in Chicago after me, which is extremely humbling. I was even more flattered to hear Rick Perry, who is here tonigh, is doing the same thing in Texas. Take a look. (Laughter.) Thank you, Rick. It means a lot to me. (Laughter and applause.)And I intend to enjoy all the free time that I will have. George W. Bush took up painting after he left office, which inspired me to take up my own artistic side. (Laughter.) I’m sure we’ve got a shot of t his. (Laughter.)Maybe not. The joke doesn’t work without the slide. (Laughter.)Oh well. Assume that it was funny. (Laughter.) Does this happen to you, Joel? It does? Okay.On a more serious note, tonight reminds us that we really are lucky to live in a country where reporters get to give a head of state a hard time on a daily basis -- and then, once a year, give him or her the chance, at least, to try to return the favor.But we also know that not every journalist, or photographer, or crewmember is so fortunate, because even as we celebrate the free press tonight, our thoughts are with those in places around the globe like Ukraine, and Afghanistan, and Syria, and Egypt, who risk everything -- in some cases, even give their lives -- to report the news.And what tonight also reminds us is that the fight for full and fair access goes beyond the chance to ask a question. As Steve menti one d, decades ago, an African American who wanted to cover his or her President might be barred from journalism school, burdened by Jim Crow, and, once in Washington, banned from press conferences. But after years of effort, black editors and publishers began meeting with FDR’s press secretary, Steve Early. And then they met with the President himself, who declared that a black reporter would get a credential. And even when Harry McAlpin made his tory as the first African American to attend a presidential news conference, he wasn’t always welcomed by the other reporters. But he was welcomed by the President, whoto ld him, I’m glad to see you, McAlpin, andI’m very happy to have you here.Now, that sentiment might have worn off once Harry asked him a question or two -- (laughter) -- and Harry’s battles continued. But hemade his tory. And we’re s proud of Sherman and his family for being here tonight, and the White House Correspondents Association for creating a scholarship in Harry’s name. (Applause.)For over 100 years, even as the White House Correspondents Association has told the story of America’s progress, you’ve lived it, too -- gradually allowing equal access to women, and minorities, and gays, and Americans with disabilities. And, yes, radio, and television, and Internet reporters, as well. And through it all, you’ve helped make sure that even as societies change, our fundamental commitment to the interaction between those who govern and those who ask questions doesn’t change. And as Jay will attest, it’s a legacy you carry on enthusiastically e very single day.And because this is the 100th anniversary of the Correspondents’ Association, I actually recorded an additional brief video thanking all of you for your hard work. Can we run the video?(Video fails to play.)THE PRESIDENT: What’s going on? (Laughter.)I was told this would work. Does anybody know how to fix this? (Laughter.)(Secretary Sebelius enters from backstage.) THE PRESIDENT: Oh, thank you. (Laughter and applause.) You got it?SECRETARY SEBELIUS: I got t his -- I see it all the time. There, that should work.(Video plays.)THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. And God bless America, and thank you, Kathleen Sebelius. (Applause.)我要感谢白宫记者协会举办今晚的活动。

奥巴马就职演讲（Change Has Come To America）Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the new White House.萨沙和马莉娅，我爱你们，我对你们的爱超出了你们的想象。

你们已赢得了新的宠物狗，它将和我们一起前往新的白宫。

And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother’s watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.尽管她没能和我们在一起，但我知道，我的祖母和养大我的家人在看着我，我今晚很想念他们，我知道我欠他们的东西是无法计量的。

To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me. I am grateful to them.我的妹妹马娅、我的姐姐奥玛，我其他的兄弟和姐妹，非常感谢你们对我的支持，我感谢他们。

And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best ——the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.我的竞选经理大卫·普劳夫，这位竞选活动的无名英雄，他进行了最好的政治竞选活动，我认为这是美国历史上最棒的。

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicious recession spread across our nation and the world. It has been, and still is, a hard time for many.But tonight, we turn the page.Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before; more of our people are insured than ever before; we are as free from the grip of foreign oil as we’ve been in almost 30 years.Tonight, for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in Afghanistan is over. Six years ago, nearly 180,000 American troops served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, fewer than 15,000 remain. And we salute the courage and sacrifice of every man and woman in this 9/11 Generation who has served to keep us safe. We are humbled and grateful for your service.America, for all that we’ve endured; for all the grit and hard work required to come back; for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this:The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.At this moment –with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production –we have risen from recession freer towrite our own future than any other nation on Earth. It’s now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next fifteen years, and for decades to come.Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?Will we approach the world fearful and reactive, dragged into costly conflicts that strain our military and set back our standing? Or will we lead wisely, using all elements of our power to defeat new threats and protect our planet?Will we allow ourselves to be sorted into factions and turned against one another –or will we recapture the sense of common purpose that has always propelled America forward?In two weeks, I will send this Congress a budget filled with ideas that are practical, not partisan. And in the months ahead, I’ll crisscross the country making a case for those ideas.So tonight, I want to focus less on a checklist of proposals, and focus more on the values at stake in the choices before us.It begins with our economy.Seven years ago, Rebekah and Ben Erler of Minneapolis were newlyweds. She waited tables. He worked construction. Their first child, Jack, was on the way.They were young and in love in America, and it doesn’t get much better than that.“If only we had known,”Rebekah wrote to me last spring, “what was about to happen to the housing and construction market.”As the crisis worsened, Ben’s business dried up, so he took what jobs he could find, even if they kept him on the road for long stretches of time. Rebekah took out student loans, enrolled in community college, and retrained for a new career. They sacrificed for each other. And slowly, it paid off. They bought their first home. They had a second son, Henry. Rebekah got a better job, and then a raise. Ben is back in construction –and home for dinner every night.“It is amazing,”Rebekah wrote, “what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.”We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.America, Rebekah and Ben’s story is our story. They represent the millions who have worked hard, and scrimped, and sacrificed, and retooled. You are the reason I ran for this office. You’re the people I was thinking of six years ago today, in the darkest months of the crisis, when I stood on the steps of this Capitol and promised we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation. And it’s been your effort and resilience that has made it possible for our country to emerge stronger.We believed we could reverse the tide of outsourcing, and draw new jobs to our shores. And over the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs.We believed we could reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect our planet. And today, America is number one in oil and gas. America is number one in wind power. Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. And thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save $750 at the pump.We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.We believed that sensible regulations could prevent another crisis, shield families from ruin, and encourage fair competition. Today, we have new tools to stop taxpayer-funded bailouts, and a new consumer watchdog to protect us from predatory lending and abusive credit card practices. And in the past year alone, about ten million uninsured Americans finally gained the security of health coverage.At every step, we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious; that we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead, we’ve seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled, and health care inflation at its lowest rate in fifty years.So the verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work, as long as politics don’t get in the way. We can’t slow down businesses or put our economy at risk with governmentshutdowns or fiscal showdowns. We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, it will earn my veto.Today, thanks to a growing economy, the recovery is touching more and more lives. Wages are finally starting to rise again. We know that more small business owners plan to raise their employees’pay than at any time since 2007. But here’s the thing –those of us here tonight, we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn’t halt the progress we’re making. We need to do more than just do no harm. Tonight, together, let’s do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every American.Because families like Rebekah’s still need our help. She and Ben are working as hard as ever, but have to forego vacations and a new car so they can pay off student loans and save for retirement. Basic childcare for Jack and Henry costs more than their mortgage, and almost as much as a year at the University of Minnesota. Like millions of hardworking Americans, Rebekah isn’t asking for a handout, but she is asking that we look for more ways to help families get ahead.In fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances, and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave ourcitizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the internet –tools they needed to go as far as their effort will take them.That’s what middle-class economics is –the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. We don’t just want everyone to share in America’s success –we want everyone to contribute to our success.So what does middle-class economics require in our time?First –middle-class economics means helping working families feel more secure in a world of constant change. That means helping folks afford childcare, college, health care, a home, retirement –and my budget will address each of these issues, lowering the taxes of working families and putting thousands of dollars back into their pockets each year.Here’s one example. During World War II, when men like my grandfather went off to war, having women like my grandmother in the workforce was a national security priority –so this country provided universal childcare. In today’s economy, when having both parents in the workforce is an economic necessity for many families, we need affordable, high-quality childcare more than ever. It’s not a nice-to-have –it’s a must-have. It’s time we stop treating childcare as a side issue, or a women’s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us. And that’s why my plan will make quality childcare more available, and more affordable, for every middle-class and low-income family with youngchildren in America –by creating more slots and a new tax cut of up to $3,000 per child, per year.Here’s another example. Today, we’re the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave. Forty-three million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make thegut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home. So I’ll be taking new action to help states adopt paid leave laws of their own. And since paid sick leave won where it was on the ballot last November, let’s put it to a vote right here in Washington. Send me a bill that gives every worker in America the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave. It’s the right thing to do.Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That’s why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really. It’s 2015. It’s time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they’ve earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.These ideas won’t make everybody rich, or relieve every hardship. That’s not the job of government. To give working families a fair shot, we’ll still need more employers to see beyond next quarter’s earnings and recognize that investing intheir workforce is in their company’s long-term interest. We still need laws that strengthen rather than weaken unions, and give American workers a voice. But things like child care and sick leave and equal pay; things like lower mortgage premiums and a higher minimum wage –these ideas will make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of families. That is a fact. And that’s what all of us –Republicans and Democrats alike –were sent here to do.Second, to make sure folks keep earning higher wages down the road, we have to do more to help Americans upgrade their skills.America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free, sent a generation of GIs to college, and trained the best workforce in the world. But in a 21st century economy that rewards knowledge like never before, we need to do more.By the end of this decade, two in three job openings will require some higher education. Two in three. And yet, we still live in a country where too many bright, striving Americans are priced out of the education they need. It’s not fair to them, and it’s not smart for our future.That’s why I am sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college –to zero.Forty percent of our college students choose community college. Some are young and starting out. Some are older and looking for a better job. Some are veterans and single parents trying to transition back into the job market. Whoever you are, this plan is your chance to graduate ready for the new economy, without aload of debt. Understand, you’ve got to earn it –you’ve got to keep your grades up and graduate on time. Tennessee, a state with Republican leadership, and Chicago, a city with Democratic leadership, are showing that free community college is possible. I want to spread that idea all across America, so that two years of college becomes as free and universal in America as high school is today. And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn’t derail anyone’s dreams.Thanks to Vice President Biden’s great work to update our job training system, we’re connecting community colleges with local employers to train workers to fill high-paying jobs like coding, and nursing, and robotics. Tonight, I’m also asking more businesses to follow the lead of companies like CVS and UPS, and offer more educational benefits and paid apprenticeships –opportunities that give workers the chance to earn higher-paying jobs even if they don’t have a higher education.And as a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend. Already, we’ve made strides towards ensuring that every veteran has access to the highest quality care. We’re slashing the backlog that had too many veterans waiting years to get the benefits they need, and we’re making it easier for vets to translate their training and experience into civilian jobs. Joining Forces, the national campaign launched by Michelle and Jill Biden, has helped nearly 700,000 veterans andmilitary spouses get new jobs. So to every CEO in America, let me repeat: If you want somebody who’s going to get the job done, hire a veteran.Finally, as we better train our workers, we need the new economy to keep churning out high-wage jobs for our workers to fill.Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined. Our manufacturers have added almost 800,000 new jobs. Some of our bedrock sectors, like our auto industry, are booming. But there are also millions of Americans who work in jobs that didn’t even exist ten or twenty years ago –jobs at companies like Google, and eBay, and Tesla.So no one knows for certain which industries will generate the jobs of the future. But we do know we want them here in America. That’s why the third part of middle-class economics is about building the most competitive economy anywhere, the place where businesses want to locate and hire.21st century businesses need 21st century infrastructure –modern ports, stronger bridges, faster trains and the fastest internet. Democrats and Republicans used to agree on this. So let’s set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline. Let’s pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan that could create more than thirty times as many jobs per year, and make this country stronger for decades to come.21st century businesses, including small businesses, need to sell more American products overseas. Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants towrite the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would put our workers and businesses at a disadvantage. Why would we let that happen? We should write those rules. We should level the playing field. That’s why I’m asking both parties to give me trade promotion authority to protect American workers, with strong new trade deals from Asia to Europe that aren’t just free, but fair.Look, I’m the first one to admit that past trade deals haven’t always lived up to the hype, and that’s why we’ve gone after countries that break the rules at our expense. But ninety-five percent of the world’s customers live outside our borders, and we can’t close ourselves off from those opportunities. More than half of manufacturing executives have said they’re actively looking at bringing jobs back from China. Let’s give them one more reason to get it done.21st century businesses will rely on American science, technology, research and development. I want the country that eliminated polio and mapped the human genome to lead a new era of medicine –one that delivers the right treatment at the right time. In some patients with cystic fibrosis, this approach has reversed a disease once thought unstoppable. Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes –and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier.I intend to protect a free and open internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build the fastest networks, so that the nextgeneration of digital innovators and entrepreneurs have the platform to keep reshaping our world.I want Americans to win the race for the kinds of discoveries that unleash new jobs –converting sunlight into liquid fuel; creating revolutionary prosthetics, so that a veteran who gave his arms for his country can play catch with his kid; pushing out into the Solar System not just to visit, but to stay. Last month, we launched a new spacecraft as part of a re-energized space program that will send American astronauts to Mars. In two months, to prepare us for those missions, Scott Kelly will begin a year-long stay in space. Good luck, Captain –and make sure to Instagram it.Now, the truth is, when it comes to issues like infrastructure and basic research, I know there’s bipartisan support in this chamber. Members of both parties have told me so. Where we too often run onto the rocks is how to pay for these investments. As Americans, we don’t mind paying our fair share of taxes, as long as everybody else does, too. But for far too long, lobbyists have rigged the tax code with loopholes that let some corporations pay nothing while others pay full freight. They’ve riddled it with giveaways the superrich don’t need, denying a break to middle class families who do.This year, we have an opportunity to change that. Let’s close loopholes so we stop rewarding companies that keep profits abroad, and reward those that invest in America. Let’s use those savings to rebuild our infrastructure and make it more attractive for companies to bring jobs home. Let’s simplify the system and let asmall business owner file based on her actual bank statement, instead of the number of accountants she can afford. And let’s close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top one percent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare and send their kids to college. We need a tax code that truly helps working Americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy, and we can achieve that together.Helping hardworking families make ends meet. Giving them the tools they need for good-paying jobs in this new economy. Maintaining the conditions for growth and competitiveness. This is where America needs to go. I believe it’s where the American people want to go. It will make our economy stronger a year from now, fifteen years from now, and deep into the century ahead.Of course, if there’s one thing this new century has taught us, it’s that we cannot separate our work at home from challenges beyond our shores.My first duty as Commander-in-Chief is to defend the United States of America. In doing so, the question is not whether America leads in the world, but how. When we make rash decisions, reacting to the headlines instead of using our heads; when the first response to a challenge is to send in our military –then we risk getting drawn into unnecessary conflicts, and neglect the broader strategy we need for a safer, more prosperous world. That’s what our enemies want us to do.I believe in a smarter kind of American leadership. We lead best when we combine military power with strong diplomacy; when we leverage our power withcoalition building; when we don’t let our fears blind us to the opportunities that this new century presents. That’s exactly what we’re doing right now –and around the globe, it is making a difference.First, we stand united with people around the world who’ve been targeted by terrorists –from a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris. We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks, and we reserve the right to act unilaterally, as we’ve done relentlessly since I took office to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies.At the same time, we’ve learned some costly lessons over the last thirteen years.Instead of Americans patrolling the valleys of Afghanistan, we’ve trained their security forces, who’ve now taken the lead, and we’ve honored our troops’sacrifice by supporting that country’s first democratic transition. Instead of sending large ground forces overseas, we’re partnering with nations from South Asia to North Africa to deny safe haven to terrorists who threaten America. In Iraq and Syria, American leadership –including our military power –is stopping ISIL’s advance. Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. We’re also supporting a moderate opposition in Syria that can help us in this effort, and assisting people everywhere who stand up to the bankrupt ideology of violent extremism. This effort will take time. It will require focus. But we will succeed. And tonight, I call on this Congress to show the worldthat we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against ISIL.Second, we are demonstrating the power of American strength and diplomacy. We’re upholding the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small –by opposing Russian aggression, supporting Ukraine’s democracy, and reassuring our NATO allies. Last year, as we were doing the hard work of imposing sanctions along with our allies, some suggested that Mr. Putin’s aggression was a masterful display of strategy and strength. Well, today, it is America that stands strong and united with our allies, while Russia is isolated, with its economy in tatters.That’s how America leads –not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. When what you’re doing doesn’t work for fifty years, it’s time to try something new. Our shift in Cuba policy has the potential to end a legacy of mistrust in our hemisphere; removes a phony excuse for restrictions in Cuba; stands up for democratic values; and extends the hand of friendship to the Cuban people. And this year, Congress should begin the work of ending the embargo. As His Holiness, Pope Francis, has said, diplomacy is the work of “small steps.” These small steps have added up to new hope for the future in Cuba. And after years in prison, we’re overjoyed that Alan Gross is back where he belongs. Welcome home, Alan.Our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran, where, for the first time in a decade, we’ve halted the progress of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of nuclear material. Between now and this spring, we have a chance to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that prevents a nuclear-armed Iran; secures America and our allies –including Israel; while avoiding yet another Middle East conflict. There are no guarantees that negotiations will succeed, and I keep all options on the table to prevent a nuclear Iran. But new sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails –alienating America from its allies; and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again. It doesn’t make sense. That is why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress. The American people expect us to only go to war as a last resort, and I intend to stay true to that wisdom.Third, we’re looking beyond the issues that have consumed us in the past to shape the coming century.No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids. We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism. And tonight, I urge this Congress to finally pass the legislation we need to better meet the evolving threat of cyber-attacks, combat identity theft, and protect our children’s information. If we don’t act, we’ll leave our nation and our economy vulnerable. If we do, we cancontinue to protect the technologies that have unleashed untold opportunities for people around the globe.In West Africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back Ebola –saving countless lives and stopping the spread of disease. I couldn’t be prouder of them, and I thank this Congress for your bipartisan support of their efforts. But the job is not yet done –and the world needs to use this lesson to build a more effective global effort to prevent the spread of future pandemics, invest in smart development, and eradicate extreme poverty.In the Asia Pacific, we are modernizing alliances while making sure that other nations play by the rules –in how they trade, how they resolve maritime disputes, and how they participate in meeting common international challenges like nonproliferation and disaster relief. And no challenge –no challenge –poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does –14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.I’ve heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they’re not scientists; that we don’t have enough information to act. Well, I’m not a scientist, either. But you know what –I know a lot of really good scientists at NASA, and NOAA, and at our major universities. The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we do not act forcefully, we’ll continue to see rising oceans, longer, hotter heat waves, dangerous droughts and floods, and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration, conflict, and hunger around the globe. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. We should act like it.That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we useit. That’s why we’ve set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history. And that’s why I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. I am determined to make sure American leadership drives international action. In Beijing, we made an historic announcement –the United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution, and China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions. And because the world’s two largest economies came together, other nations are now stepping up, and offering hope that, this year, the world will finally reach an agreement to protect the one planet we’ve got.There’s one last pillar to our leadership –and that’s the example of our values.As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we’re threatened, which is why I’ve prohibited torture, and worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained. It’s why we speak out against the deplorable anti-Semitism that has resurfaced in certain parts of the world. It’s why we continue to reject offensive stereotypes of Muslims –the vast majority of whom。

Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention无畏的希望让奥巴马迈向白宫的演讲希望就是勇气，希望就是力量：2004年7月27日在民主党全国代表大会上的致辞巴拉克·奥巴马文海星译On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's fac e it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.作为伟大的伊利诺斯州——全国的交通枢纽，林肯的故乡——的代表，我为有向此次大会致辞的机会而深感荣幸。

今晚于我而言是一份特殊的荣耀。

我们得承认，我出现在这个讲坛上是件不可思议的事。

我的父亲是个外国留学生，在肯尼亚的一个小村庄出生并长大，他幼时牧羊，在铁皮顶做成的简陋小屋里上学。

他的父亲，我的祖父，是个厨师，一个佣人。

But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magic al place: Americ a, whic h stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. While studying here, my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor he signed up for duty, joined Patton's army and marched across Europ e. Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the GI Bill, bought a house through FHA, and moved west in search of opportunity.但我祖父对他的儿子有更大的梦想。

VOA标准英语2021年--奥巴马出访北约波罗的海诸国Obama to Reassure NATO Baltic States 奥巴马出访北约波罗的海诸国WHITE HOUSE—President Barack Obama leaves Tuesday for a trip to Estonia and later Wales, in Britain, for a gathering of leaders of NATO countries. Russia's latest actions in Ukraine are making the trip an especially important one.The arrival of U.S. troops in Estonia last April was a concrete sign of American support for Baltic nations feeling threatened by Russia's aggression in Ukraine.Obama's stop in Estonia -- a NATO member -- is meant to reaffirm America's defense commitments.“Part of the reason I’ll be going to Estonia is to let the Estonians know that we mean what we say with respect to our treaty obligations,” said the president.Fresh violence and evidence that Russia is sending hundreds of troops into Ukraine means Obama's visit comes at a critical time.Estonia, like Ukraine, is a former Soviet Republic, and also like Ukraine, has a large Russian minority. Thesefactors make Estonians feel vulnerable.Heather Conley, a former Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, said, “There has always been a great fear in theBaltic states that if push came to shove, they question whether NATO would really have their back. And I think it’s very clear, not only with words and our solidarity, butwe’ve actually put U.S. soldiers, hardware, in the Baltics tates.”But NATO's capacity to fulfill its commitments is another question. With European members cutting their defense budgets, much of the burden of providing equipment and personnel for alliance missions is falling on the U.S.The president plans to call on member nations to do more.“Part of the reason I think this NATO meeting is goingto be so important is to refocus attention on the critical function that NATO plays to make sure that every country is contributing in order to deliver on the promise of ourArticle 5 assurances,” said Obama.U.S. officials hope the crisis in Ukraine will be enoughof a wake-up call for NATO members to realize they shouldboost their contributions.。

(Reuters) - When then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared two years ago "We are back to stay" as a power in Asia, the most dramatic symbol of the policy shift was the planned deployment of 2,500 U.S. Marines in northern Australia, primed to respond to any regional conflict.At this point in time, however, there is not a single U.S. Marine in the tropical northern city of Darwin, according to the Australian defense ministry. Two hundred Marines just finished their six-month tour and will not be replaced until next year, when 1,150 Marines are due to arrive.The original goal of stationing 2,500 Marines there by 2017 remains in place, but the lack of a U.S. presence there two years after the policy was announced underlines questions about Washington's commitment to the strategic "pivot" to Asia.President Barack Obama's cancellation of a trip this week to four Asian nations and two regional summits due to the U.S. government shutdown has raised further doubts over a policy aimed at re-invigorating U.S. military and economic influence in the fast-growing region, while balancing a rising China.While U.S. and Asian diplomats downplayed the impact of Obama's no-show, the image of a dysfunctional, distracted Washington adds to perceptions that China has in some ways outflanked the U.S. pivot."It's symptomatic of the concern in Asia over the sustainability of the American commitment," said Carl Baker, director of the Pacific Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Hawaii.As embarrassed U.S. officials announced the cancellations last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Indonesia announcing a raft of deals worth about $30 billion and then in Malaysia to announce a "comprehensive strategic partnership", including an upgrade in military ties.He was en route to this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali and the East Asia Summit in Brunei, where Obama will no longer be able to press his signature trade pact or use personal diplomacy to support allies concerned at China's assertive maritime expansion.Since 2011, China has consolidated its position as the largest trade partner with most Asian countries and its directinvestments in the region are surging, albeit from a much lower base than Europe, Japan and the United States. Smaller countries such as Laos and Cambodia have been drawn so strongly into China's economic orbit that they have been called "client states" of Beijing, supporting its stance in regional disputes.Leveraging its commercial ties, China is also expanding its diplomatic, political and military influence more broadly in the region, though its efforts are handicapped by lingering maritime tensions with Japan, the Philippines and several other nations."For countries not closely allied with the U.S., Obama'sno-show will reinforce their policy of bandwagoning with China," wrote Carl Thayer, emeritus professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra."BLUE-WATER" EXPANSIONChina, for instance, has been the biggest trade partner of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 2009, and its direct investments are surging, bringing with them increased economic and diplomatic influence.Chinese companies invested $4.42 billion in Southeast Asia in 2012, up 52 percent on the previous year, according to Chinese state media citing the China-ASEAN Business Council. Investments into neighboring Vietnam rocketed 147 percent.China is demonstrating that it can deploy forces far beyond its coastal waters on patrols where they conduct complex battle exercises, according to Japanese and Western naval experts. Chinese shipyards are turning out new nuclear and conventional submarines, destroyers, missile-armed patrol boats and surface ships at a higher rate than any other country.Operating from increasingly modern ports, including a new naval base in the south of Hainan island, its warships are patrolling more regularly, in bigger numbers and further from the mainland in what is the most sweeping shift in Asia's maritime power balance since the demise of the Soviet navy.China's military diplomacy with Southeast Asia is rapidly evolving as it takes steps to promote what Beijing describes as its "peaceful rise".The Chinese navy's hospital ship Peace Ark recently treated hundreds of patients on a swing last month through Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia - its first such mission across Southeast Asia. Its naval vessels returning from regular international anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden have made calls in Southeast Asian ports, including Singapore and Vietnam.Still, analysts and diplomats say Beijing has a long way to go to catch up with not just the long-dominant United States, but other regional military powers such as Australia, Japan and Russia."China has come late to the party," said Richard Bitzinger, a military analyst at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.NOT A PATCHY PIVOTPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, one of Washington's most key allies in the region, said it was disappointing Obama would not be visiting Asia. "Obviously we prefer a U.S. government which is working to one which is not. And we prefer a U.S. President who is able totravel to fulfill his international duties to one who is preoccupied with his domestic preoccupations," Lee said after arriving in Bali."It is a very great disappointment to us President Obama is unable to visit."U.S. officials dismissed the notion that Obama's no-show would imply any weakening of the U.S. commitment to the region. Just last week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry were in South Korea and Japan to reaffirm the U.S. military commitment to the two key allies, and Kerry will fill in for Obama at the two Asian summits."The bottom line is that the United States of America is not going to change one iota the fundamental direction of the policy under this president," Kerry said on Saturday."I think everybody in the region understands. Everybody sees this (the cancellation of the visit) as a moment in politics - an unfortunate moment - but they see it for what it is."The United States has ramped up military funding and assistance to its close ally the Philippines, expanded military exercises with other nations and increased regional port visits.From only 50 ship visits in 2010, nearly 90 ships have visited the Philippines since January this year alone.Washington has stationed surveillance planes there and promised up to $30 million in support for building and operating coastal radar stations, all aimed at improving its ally's ability to counter China's naval encroachment in the disputed South China Sea that has alarmed several Asian nations.But talks to establish a framework agreement on a regular rotational U.S. military presence in the Philippines have yet to bear fruit, and are unlikely to have been helped by Obama's cancellation of his planned visit to Manila.For the Darwin deployment, a U.S. Senate Committee said in April that it would cost $1.6 billion to build lodgings for the Marines, but the Australian government last month called for only a first-stage A$12 million ($11.3 million) tender to construct new quarters at existing Australian barracks for around 350 marines.The economic leg of the pivot, negotiations for the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, has grown to 12 nations. But thecomplex three-year-old talks, which seek unprecedented access to domestic markets, are facing resistance in many countries and are unlikely to completed soon.A final deal would have to be approved by the U.S. Congress, raising the prospect of domestic politics again obstructing Asia ties."Even if the administration could push through some agreement on the TPP, it's very unlikely there is going to be legislative success getting that through based on the acrimony that exists," said the CSIS's Baker."...On the commercial side (of the pivot), there seems to be more rhetoric than action."。

Sushi summit 寿司峰会Enhanced Defense Co-operation Agreement 加强防务合作协议regional tensions 地区紧张局势US military presence in the Philippines 美军在菲律宾的活动rotation of U.S. troops, ships and warplanes through the Philippines 美国军队、军舰以及战机在菲律宾轮换部署maritime disputes 海上争端four-nation trip to Asia 亚洲四国行pivot to Asia/ Asia Pivot 重返亚洲territorial dispute 领土争端Trans-Pacific Partnership （TTP）跨太平洋伙伴关系协议US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Co-operation and Security日美安全保障条约complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the DPRK 完全、可验证、不可逆地实现朝鲜无核化Asia rebalancing strategy 亚洲再平衡战略not take a position over the South China Sea issue 在南海问题上不选边站队China's peaceful rise 中国的和平崛起strategy of containing China 遏制中国战略peaceful resolution of territorial issues 和平解决领土争端strategic ambiguity 战略模糊精彩推荐：商务英语/study-business.html。

奥巴马英文简介贝拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马，第44任美国总统，最受欢迎的领导人排名中名列第一。

下面是店铺为你整理的奥巴马英文简介，希望对你有用!贝拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马主要事件financial crisisOn January 21, 2010, Obama announced that the government will formulate effective measures to strengthen the supervision of large financial institutions, limiting its size and high-risk transactions, in order to prevent new financial risks.Export strategyJanuary 27, 2010, Obama issued a State of the Union address five years to make the export doubled the goal, March 11, Obama at the US Export-Import Bank annual meeting speech, the US government's export promotion strategy outline gradually clear.Obama said that for every $ 1 billion increase in exports, it would create about 6,000 jobs in the United States. In terms of promoting growth, changing past spending habits, export-led manufacturing recovery. In the international competitiveness, to promote the US product in the global market leading position. Its core goal comes down to one sentence, that Obama said, "to ensure that the 21st century is still the American century."Green New DealSince Obama signed to develop new energy as an important part of the economic stimulus plan, the US government in just six months action frequently: increase investment in new energy areas, develop strict vehicle exhaust emission standards, the introduction of "US Clean Energy Security Act" , The outside world will be regarded as Obama's "Green New Deal."August 3, 2015, Obama in the White House East Hall launched the ultimate version of "clean power plan", proposed by 2030 power plant carbon emissions target will be based on the 2005 reduced by 32%. Compared to the previous year, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft plan to slightly improve the emission reduction standards, expanding the state implementation plan flexibility, but also increased support for renewable energy. The White House believes that the new "Clean Electricity Plan" will provide new impetus to the success of the Paris Climate Change Summit at the end of the year.In November 2015, Obama attended the Paris Climate Change Conference, and Obama tried to achieve tangible results on climate change at the summit to honor his seven years of election and make the policy a political legacy. On 13 December, negotiators from 196 countries adopted the six-year Paris Agreement, which was considered the most important agreement reached by the international community in the area of global climate change since the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, Will make arrangements for global action on climate change after 2020.University of the United States Rice University presidential historian Bours said that Obama is the first in the climate change on the establishment of "moral authority" of the president. If Obama succeeds in implementing the climate agenda at home and abroad, climate policy will become the core and soul of his political heritage.Health care reform New DealStarting from the presidential election, Obama has always stressed the need to completely reform the health care system. In power, the more medical reform as the "New Deal" one of themajor projects. In the process of reform, Obama learned the lessons of the failure of the medical reform of the Clinton administration in the 1990s, and adopted some new strategies.Obama's health care program plans to achieve three goals, to provide more security for those who have insurance; to those who do not have insurance in their economic capacity to provide the choice; to ease the health care system to the US family, business and government The cost of growth.On February 22, 2010, Obama announced a new health care reform program. The new healthcare reform program will allow more than 31 million Americans who are not yet secured to have health insurance. The plan will reduce the US government budget deficit by $ 100 billion in the first 10 years of implementation and $ 1 trillion in the second decade. On March 3, Obama announced a revised final version of the medical reform proposal. On March 23, Obama signed the "parity medical bill".June 25, 2015 The US Supreme Court ruled on the Obama Healthcare Act by 6 votes to 3 votes. US Supreme Court Justice John Roberts announced the ruling that Congress passed the Medicare bill to improve the health insurance market, rather than destroy the market. According to the Obama administration reform bill passed in 2010, states can establish a state health insurance trading platform, can also use the federal government to provide health insurance network trading system.The reform of health care was a policy that had been a major force since Obama's administration, and suffered a heavy obstacle to the Republican Party. The Supreme Court twice rejected the legal challenge to the health care reform bill in three years and succeeded in preserving the political heritage.After the announcement of the Supreme Court ruling,Obama said at the White House that the ruling would allow the medical reform bill to continue and would help every ordinary American citizen get health insurance without letting Medicare become a minority privilege.2015 data show that a total of 11.7 million people have signed to participate in the Obama health care reform. The number of people enrolled in the Medicaid program has soared to 70 million, an increase of 20% since mid-2013. The proportion of unsafe Americans fell to a record low of 10%, health insurance prices slowed down, showing the sustainability of health care reform.Education New DealIn March 2009, in his speech on education reform, Obama elaborated that the prosperity of the United States did not have much material wealth, but that the offspring had good education. He believed that education was "the root of American prosperity" and a prerequisite for success.Obama in education basically follow the Bush administration's existing education framework, but put forward the "0 years old to 5 years old education plan" and "American opportunity tax preferential treatment plan" two new ideas. The former refers to the annual grant of $ 10 billion by the federal government to finance the advancement of pre-school education in the states, providing equal access to all schoolchildren. The latter provides tuition fees for college students' tuition fees, but subsidized college students Free community service as a condition. The Bush administration's education bill "there is no class to teach the bill" made a number of improvements, emphasizing the quality of education and teacher performance linked to the reform of the examination for the drawbacks ofteaching, advocacy education subjects to be comprehensive, more concerned about the failure of students, Increase funding for education, etc .; a significant reduction in the federal government's impact on the school's education policy, the assessment of the development of standards to the state or local government; he is not satisfied with the existing situation of public schools, requiring states to increase the Funding, to support the development of charter schools, but its effectiveness has yet to be time to test. The issuance of federal government education funds will shift from competition in accordance with the assessment criteria to competition. In addition, he believes that in order to improve the long-term competitiveness of the United States in the international community, we must strengthen national education and improve the quality of school education, will reduce the dropout rate of high school students as an important task of the country. With regard to the treatment of teachers, he advocated the implementation of performance wage system, proposed to strengthen the teacher hiring, training, retention and reward of preferential programs.On December 10, 2015, at the White House, Obama signed the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA), replacing the "no teachings" (translated as "no one child Leaving the law ", No Child Left Behind Act, NCLB), for the US public schools to establish a new line of responsibility. Obama says the new "Every student is successful" bill reduces reliance on standardized exams and unified tasks, ensuring that the US education system prepares every child at high school for graduation or employment. The new law retains the basic examination requirements, but removes the incentive measures depending on the student's performance. The new bill is conducive topromoting the progress of the laggards, narrowing the degree of "differentiation"; for different places, communities, schools will be more flexible adaptation; English learners will have more available projects and resources.Housing New DealThe Obama administration launched a housing bailout plan in the first quarter of 2009 to cover the $ 8,000 tax concession policy for new home buyers, which expires in November. On October 19, the US Treasury Department announced a new policy to stimulate the housing market, supporting low housing mortgage rates and helping low- and middle-income earners to buy housing or pay for rental costs. The new policy consists of two parts, part of which is a bond purchase plan that supports new loans to housing finance institutions, and the other is an interim loan and liquidity plan.Employment New DealIn December 2009, Obama announced that it would adopt a package of measures such as tax cuts, incentives and increased investment to create more jobs to cope with the current increasingly serious unemployment problem. In March 2010, Obama signed a bill to promote employment through tax cuts and increased spending.Nuclear strategyIn April 2009, Obama said in the Czech capital Prague, the US government will be committed to promoting the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free world. In April 2010, Obama said that the United States the primary threat is no longer a nuclear war between countries, but nuclear terrorism and nuclear proliferation, the US nuclear strategy's primary goal is to stop these threats.Energy strategyMarch 31, 2010, Obama in Washington near the Andrews Air Force Base announced that it will expand the development of offshore oil and gas fields in the United States, in order to ensure the US energy security. The US offshore oil and gas exploitation ban, which lasted for more than 20 years from 1990 to 2010, will lead to a major turning point in the US energy strategy, which will shift from a high degree of dependence on imports to imports and production.Iraq war withdrawalFebruary 27, 2009, Obama announced the US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq. Obama's withdrawal plan includes the withdrawal of most of the troops from Iraq by 31 August 2010, the end of the operational mission, leaving 35,000 to 50,000 troops to support the military operations of the Iraqi government and its security forces. Then, by the end of 2011 to withdraw all the remaining troops. August 31, 2010, Obama made a speech, officially declared the US military operations in Iraq to complete the evacuation, announced the focus of the United States to promote the sustained economic recovery, which is his "central task."Killed bin LadenObama became president, asked the US Central Intelligence Agency to pursue Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a top priority.At 2:30 am on May 2, 2011, Barack Obama ordered the Navy Seals to surprise the bin Laden's residence and kill and capture a large number of important documents. Osama bin Laden was killed, Obama's public support in the United States once surged by 6 percentage points, but this phenomenon failed, but slowlydown.Homosexual marriageJune 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court to 5 to 4 vote to determine the same sex marriage constitution. Judge Kennedy, who supports same-sex marriage, writes in his main submissions that marriage is the highest form of union, which represents love, loyalty, devotion, sacrifice and family. The combination of same sex partners will make them even more great. He said that some people think that same-sex marriage is a disrespect for marriage, this concept is a misreading, same-sex partner respect for marriage."I want to congratulate you on your efforts to change the country." That night, the White House staged a rainbow show to celebrate the New York Empire, "he said. The building also lights up the rainbow lights. Mr Obama made a speech at the White House Rose Garden that day and welcomed the ruling. Obama said that the ruling is not only the victory of Oberger and other plaintiffs, but also all the same sex partners and their children's victory, it is the victory of the United States. This is also another victory for the Obama administration and may have an impact on the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2016 US presidential election, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported gay marriage rights in his official speech on June 13, 2015.According to the Washington Post in April 2015, 61 percent of Americans support same-sex marriages, and the Wall Street Journal argues that the development of technology, media and social networks, as well as friends and family, let the Americans re-examine themselves Attitude towards homosexuality.Fishing island speechApril 2014, during Obama's visit to Japan, the "Yomiuri Shimbun" asked Obama whether it could make a clear statement that the Diaoyu Islands would be suitable for US-Japan security treaties. Obama said: "The US policy is clear, the Diaoyu Islands in Japan's scope of governance, therefore," US-Japan Security Treaty, "the scope of application of Article 5, and no matter what attempts to hinder Japan's attempt to govern these islands , We will all oppose. "US President personally confirmed that the Diaoyu Islands are within the scope of the US-Japan security treaty, is the first time in history. The remarks were opposed by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.Was suedJuly 30, 2014, the US House of Representatives by 225 votes in favor, 201 votes against the vote passed the motion, formally authorized House Speaker Bona to the President Obama abuse of administrative power to sue.November 21, 2014, the US House of Representatives Speaker Bona announced that the Obama administration in the implementation of the medical reform bill in the process of exercising "beyond the power of the Constitution," the House of Representatives has formally filed a lawsuit. Bona said the House of Representatives morning in the capital of Washington federal court formally sued the Obama administration, the Ministry of Health and Public Services Minister Boville and Finance Minister Jacob Lu as the defendant. The indictment lists "two counts", including the Obama administration's "two postponement of implementation" of the health care reform bill on the employer must purchase medical insurance for employees, the Obama administration violated the use of federal accounts funds to pay $ 175 billion insurance companies, the two Items are "illegal".Bona said that the move is to defend the authority of the US Constitution, not for a party's self-interest. One of the sponsors of the bill, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee Sassen said that Obama "has gone too far", regardless of constitutional requirements, the selective implementation of the law.House minority leader Pelosi reacted strongly to the prosecution. She said that the American people want Congress to help increase employment and support the middle class, the Republican Party has chosen to spend $ 500 per hour attorney to prosecute the president, the lawsuit will encounter "embarrassing failure."Control gunsOn December 18, 2015, at the White House annual annual press conference, US President Barack Obama vowed in the New Year speech to solve the problem of gun violence in 2016, and set the first day of the fourth day of the new day, Minister Lolita Lynch, discuss how to bypass the Congress to deal with the thorny problem of firearms.January 5, 2016, US President Barack Obama held a press conference at the White House on gun control. Obama announced a series of gun control initiatives to expect the adoption of administrative means to curb the United States frequent gun violence. He also urged the US Congress to make a difference in the issue of gun control. Obama announced that all gun sellers will be asked to obtain business license, and the background of the gunmen to review, or will be subject to criminal penalties. The US government will employ more inspectors to participate in the background review of the gunmen, an increase of 200 agents to strengthen the law enforcement offire safety laws and regulations, and invested 500 million US dollars for the treatment of mental illness. Obama said that the United States is the world's only case of violent violence in the developed countries, each year more than 30,000 people died under the gun, so the gun problem urgent.Vow to eradicate ISOn the evening of January 12, 2016, US President Barack Obama made his last tenure in his presidencyState of the Union, is also the seventh time for the State of the Union. Obama said that US foreign policy must focus on combating the threat of "Islamic" and "al Qaeda" organizations, but stressed that the United States should avoid doing the "world police" but mobilize the power of the world to cooperate.Obama said in his speech, the highest priority task of the US government is to protect the American people and fight against the terrorist network. "Islamic countries" and "al-Qaida" organizations are directly threatening the safety of the American people. He said that the Islamic (IS) extremists were "must kill, arrest and destroy the killers and extremists."Iranian nuclear agreementOn July 14, 2015, the Iranian nuclear issue of six countries (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) and Iran finally reached a historic Iranian nuclear issue agreement. After more than a year and a half of the negotiations, the parties reached a political consensus on resolving the Iranian nuclear issue that lasted for 12 years. Obama said the Iranian nuclear agreement reached that diplomacy can bring real change. Obama thanked Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and the EU for the efforts to reach an agreement, saying the agreement to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region, theworld becomes more secure. The "historic" agreement has also become an important diplomatic legacy of Obama.The agreement consists of the text and five technical annexes, covering nuclear, sanction, civil nuclear energy cooperation, joint committee and implementation. The agreement will ensure that the Iranian nuclear program is used for peaceful purposes, and Iran recognizes that it will never seek to develop or acquire any nuclear weapons. Iran will ensure that uranium enrichment extraction within 300 kilograms, the extraction concentration of 3.67%, the number of centrifuges will be reduced from about 19,000 units to 6104 units. The agreement also includes the lifting of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, multilateral and unilateral countries on the Iranian nuclear issue. After the implementation of the agreement, the largest arms embargo on Iraq will be able to maintain a maximum of five years, the ban on technology transfer to the Iranian ballistic missile will be canceled at least 8 years later. International inspectors are not free to authorize verification of Iranian sensitive facilities, including military bases. Iran has the right to object to the verification requirements of international inspectors, and an arbitration body composed of Iranian and six nationals will rule on the dispute.Iran agreed to make a compromise on its nuclear program by July 20, 2014, according to a phased agreement between Iran and the Iranian nuclear issue in November 2013. Western countries reduced the sanctions against Iraq accordingly, and the parties sought to negotiate Comprehensive agreement. Due to serious differences, the parties will extend the negotiation period to November 2014, and later postponed to the end of June this year. On April 2 this year, the six countries and Iran reached aframework solution for the Iranian nuclear issue, which laid the foundation for the final conclusion of a comprehensive agreement.The United States and the ancient "ice"On March 10, 2009, the US Senate passed a bill on the partial lifting of US sanctions against Cuba and amended the controversial law on the embargo against Cuba. In April the same year, Obama announced a series of restrictions on the Cuban restrictions;December 10, 2013, Obama in Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the Mandela official memorial service, and with the Cuban leader Raúl Castro shook hands to pay tribute. This i s the relationship between the United States and Cuba hostile for more than half a century, the two leaders shook hands for the second time.December 17, 2014, the highest leaders of the United States were delivered a speech, announced that the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries to start consultations;On May 29, 2015, the US State Department announced that it would remove Cuba from the blacklist of "support for terrorist countries"July 20, 2015, the United States in the capital of both sides to reopen the embassy;On August 14, 2015, Secretary of State Kerry visited Cuba, the first visit to the United States Secretary of State since 1945;December 11, 2015, the United States announced the restoration of the two countries will be interrupted more than half a century of direct mail service;February 16, 2016 US ancient official signed a twocommercial flight agreement, allowing US airlines to open direct flights to Cuba's commercial flights;On the afternoon of March 20, 2016, the Obama couple and two daughters, accompanied by US Secretary of State Kerry, four ministers, 23 members and a number of entrepreneurs, arrived in Havana, the capital of Cuba, for a three-day visit, Became the first US president to visit Cuba since 1928. During the visit, Obama visited the old town of Havana; met with the archbishop of Cuba, Jaime Otega; to the Cuban national hero José Marty statue dedicated wreath; in the revolutionary palace and Cuban leader Raúl Castro held a formal talks Attended the Cuban state banquet; delivered a speech to the Cuban people at the National Theater in Havana; met with Cuban human rights activists and civil society representatives at the US Embassy in Cuba; and watched the friendship between the Tampa Bay Baseball team in Florida and the Cuban national baseball team. Obama called on the United States and ancient reconciliation, "put down the past, look to the future." Obama's visit means "the last remnants of the burying the cold war".Character eventOn December 29, 2014, President Obama, who was keen on golf, forced two US officers to rearrange the wedding venue at the last minute. With Captain Natalie Haimel and Captain Edward Malu, who is ready for the Army Captain, have been ready to hold a wedding at the Kelipel Golf Course in Carnegie, Hawaii.But then, they learned that in their own wedding at the same time, Obama has been set in the same venue to kick the ball. Within 24 hours, they changed the place of the wedding to the lawn of the base commander's residence, from there overlooking the Pacific Ocean.Newlyweds later received the call from the commander of the armed forces. Obama congratulated them and apologized for the trouble of playing."Obama has just called my sister and brother-in-law in person," said Haimel's sister on Twitter, saying it was amazing because she had stirred her wedding. "Bride's friend Bekaa Dreyer told the New York Daily News that the phone was "really happy and bad."Quit the electionUS time on the evening of January 20, 2015, a video on the network "crazy pass". Video, the US President Barack Obama said self-evident, nothing new: "I will no longer be put into the election." November 2008 was elected, January 20 the following year as president, means that on January 20, 2017, Obama according to the law will retire.Farewell ceremonyJanuary 4, 2017, in the United States capital Washington near the Mayr Henderson military base, US President Barack Obama attended the military for his farewell ceremony. On the same day, US Defense Secretary Carter and US President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Deng Fude held a farewell ceremony for outgoing US President Barack Obama.French petitionA French petition on a campaign site said the French had already had enough of these five years of "ghosts" to avoid a failed president, and the French had made a determined change: Foreigners come to the French president. They also want to have 100 million people signed in the petition to let Obama take office."Obama has just retired from the position of the President of the United States, he has the world's most perfect resume, whydo not we hire him as a French president?"贝拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马家庭生活Obama's wife is Michelle Obama, the two have two daughters. Obama was well disciplined during the campaign, and people occasionally saw him take them to the campaign. The Obama family has set up a lot of rules for her daughter, such as the following acts: complaints, crying, arguing, entanglement and malicious ridicule. In addition also need to organize their own beds, get up to wear clothes. If you do housework, you can get $ 1 pocket money from your father every week. Obama said he often told her daughter stories, coax them to sleep, and in the morning, the daughters will climb to his bed and call him up.In 2004 before and after Obama was elected senator, two daughters studied at a private school in Chicago - University of Chicago experimental school. After Obama was elected president, the two daughters needed to go to Washington to choose a new school, and eventually the two daughters entered the American Westville Friendship School, one of the top private schools in the United States, and trained numerous Washingtonese elites.。

【奥巴马APEC演讲】欢迎中国崛起北京时间11月10日下午，美国总统奥巴马出现在了亚太经济合作组织(APEC)工商领导人峰会现场，并发表演讲。

在奥巴马18分钟的简短演讲中，多次谈及中美之间的友好关系，并赢得台下多次热烈的掌声。

奥巴马强调，美国欢迎一个繁荣、和平、稳定的中国崛起。

Remarks by U.S. President at the APEC CEO SummitPRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much.xia wu hao. (Applause.) Thank you, Andrew, for that introduction. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Andrew very well these past few years. We have worked him hard –- he helped my administration with strategies for growing high-tech manufacturing to hiring more long-term unemployed. He’s just as good at corporate citizenship as he is at running a corporation. Later I’ll visit Brisbane, where I know Andrew spent some of his youth. I’m sure he’s got some sugg estions for fun there, but not necessarily things that a President can do. (Laughter.) We don’t know how he spent his youth, but I’m sure he had some fun.It is wonderful to be back in China, and I’m grateful for the Chinese people’s extraordinary hospitality. This is my sixth trip to Asia as President, and my second this year alone. And that’s because, as I’ve said on each of my visits, America is a thoroughly Pacific nation. We’ve always had a history with Asia. And our future -- our security and our prosperity -- is inextricably intertwined with Asia. I know the business leaders in attendance today agree.I’ve now had the privilege to address the APEC CEO summit in Singapore, in Yokohama, and in my original hometown of Honolulu, now in Beijing. And I t hink it’s safe to say that few global forums are watched more closely by the business community. There’s a good reason for that. Taken together, APEC economies account for about 40 percent of the world’s population, and nearly 60 percent of its GDP. That m eans we’re home to nearly three billion customers, and three-fifths of the global economy.And over the next five years, nearly half of all economic growth outside the United States is projected to come from right here, in Asia. That makes this region an incredible opportunity for creating jobs and economic growth in the United States. And any serious leader in America, whether in politics or in commerce, recognizes that fact.Now the last time I addressed this CEO summit was three years ago. Today, I’ve come back at a moment when, around the world, the United States is leading from a position of strength. This year, of course, has seen its share of turmoil and uncertainty. But whether it’s our fight to degrade and destroy the terrorist networkknown as ISIL, or to contain and combat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the one constant –- the one global necessity –- is and has been American leadership.And that leadership in the world is backed by the renewed strength of our economy at home. Today, our businesses have created 10.6 million jobs over the longest uninterrupted stretch of job growth in American history. We’re on pace for the best year of job growth since the 1990s. Since we started creating jobs again, the U.S. has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and every other advanced economy combined.And when you factor in what’s happening in our broader economy –- a manufacturing sector that as Andrew said is growing now at a rapid pace; graduation rates that are rising; deficits that have shrunk by two-thirds; health care inflation at 50-year lows; and an energy boom at new highs –- when you put all this together, what you get is an American economy that is primed for steadier, more sustained growth, and better poised to lead and succeed in the 21st century than just about any other nation on Earth.And you don’t have to take our word for it –- take yours. For two years in a row, business executives like all of you have said that the world's most attractive place to invest is the United States. And we're going to go for a three-peat. We're going to try to make it the same this year.But despite the responsibilities of American leadership around the world, despite our attention to getting our economy growing, there should be no doubt that the United States of America remains entirely committed when it comes to Asia. America is a Pacific power, and we are leading to promote shared security and shared economic growth this century, just as we did in the last.In fact, one of my core messages throughout this trip -- from APEC to the East Asia Summit to the G20 in Australia -- is that working together we need growth that is balanced, growth that is strong, growth that is sustainable, and growth where prosperity is shared by everybody who is willing to work hard.As President of the United States I make no apologies for doing whatever I can to bring new jobs and new industries to America. But I've always said, in the 21st century, the pursuit of economic growth, job creation and trade is not a zero-sum game. One country's prosperity doesn't have to come at the expense of another. If we work together and act together, strengthening the economic ties between our nations will benefit all of our nations. That's true for the nations of APEC, and I believe it's particularly true for the relationship between the United States and China. (Applause.)I've had the pleasure of hosting President Xi twice in the United States. The lasttime we met, in California, he pointed out that the Pacific Ocean is big enough for both of our nations. And I agree. The United States welcomes the rise of a prosperous, peaceful and stable China. I want to repeat that. (Applause.) I want to repeat that: We welcome the rise of a prosperous, peaceful and stable China.In fact, over recent decades the United States has worked to help integrate China into the global economy -- not only because it's in China's best interest, but because it's in America's best interest, and the world's best interest. We want China to do well. (Applause.)We compete for business, but we also seek to cooperate on a broad range of shared challenges and shared opportunities. Whether it's stopping the spread of Ebola, or preventing nuclear -- preventing nuclear proliferation, or deepening our clean energy partnership, combating climate change, a leadership role that, as the world's two largest economies and two largest carbon emitters, we have a special responsibility to embrace.If China and the United States can work together, the world benefits. And that's something this audience is acutely interested in. (Applause.) We continually have to work to strengthen the bilateral trade and investment between our two nations. America's first trade mission visited China just a year after America's revolution ended. Two hundred and thirty years later, we are the two largest economies in the world.And the trade and investment relationship we have benefits both of our countries. China is our fastest growing export market. Chinese direct investment in the United States has risen six-fold over the past five years. Chinese firms directly employ a rapidly growing number of Americans. And all these things mean jobs for the American people; and deepening these ties will mean more jobs and opportunity for both of our peoples.And that's why I'm very pleased to announce that during my visit the United States and China have agreed to implement a new arrangement for visas that will benefit everyone from students, to tourists, to businesses large and small. Under the current arrangement, visas between our two countries last for only one year. Under the new arrangement, student and exchange visas will be extended to five years; business and tourist visas will be extended to 10 years. (Applause.)Now, of course, that will be good for the businessmen who are going back and forth all the time. But keep in mind, last year, 1.8 million Chinese visitors to the United States contributed $21 billion to our economy and supported more than 100,000 American jobs. This agreement could help us more than quadruple those numbers.I've heard from American business leaders about how valuable this step will be. And we've worked hard to achieve this outcome because it clearly serves the mutual interest of both of our countries. (Applause.) So I'm proud that during my visit to China we will mark this important breakthrough, which will benefit our economies and bring our people together, and I’m pleased that President Xi has been a partner in getting this done –- very much appreciate his work on this. (Applause.)Now, deepening our economic ties is why I also hope to make progress with President Xi towards an ambitious, high-standard, bilateral investment treaty that opens up China’s economy to American investors -- an agreement that could unlock even more progress and more opportunity in both of our countries. We’re also working together to put -- in pursuit of an international agreement on the ITA. And we’ll speak directly and candidly, as we always do, about specific actions China can take to help all of us, across the Asia-Pacific, to expand trade and investment, which many of the CEOs I talk to raise in our discussions.We look to China to create a more level playing field on which foreign companies are treated fairly so that they can compete fairly with Chinese companies; a playing field where competition policy promotes the welfare of consumers and doesn’t benefit just one set of companies over another. We look to China to become an innovative economy that values the protection of intellectual property rights, and rejects cybertheft of trade secrets for commercial gain. We look to China to approve biotechnology advances that are critical to feeding a growing planet on the same timeline as other countries, to move definitively toward a more market-determined exchange rate, and, yes, to stand up for human rights and freedom of the press. And we don’t suggest these things because they’re good for us; we suggest that China do these things for the sake of sustainable growth in China, and the stability of the Asia-Pacific region. And I look forward to discussing these issues, along with China’s concerns and ideas, with President Xi over the next few days.Now even as America works to deepen our bilateral ties with China, we’re focused this week on deepening our ties with all the APEC economies, including reducing barriers to trade and investment, so that companies like yours can grow, create new jobs, and promote prosperity across the Asia-Pacific region.After all, Asia’s largest export market is the United States -- that benefits American consumers because it has led to more affordable goods and services. Six of America’s top 10 export markets are APEC economies, and more than 60 percent of our exports –- over $1 trillion worth of goods and services -– are purchased by APEC economies. That supports millions of American jobs.So the work that APEC members have done together over the years has lowered tariffs, cut shipping costs, and made it cheaper, easier, and faster to do business –and that supports good jobs in all of our nations. We’ve worked together to improvefood security, encourage clean energy, promote education, and deliver disaster relief. And all of this has made a difference.But we can always do more. We can do more to reduce barriers to trade and economic growth. Since 2006, we’ve worked together toward the ultimate goal of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, and APEC has shown a number of pathways that could make it a reality. And one of those pathways is the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the United States and 11 other nations. Once complete, this partnership will bring nearly 40 percent of the global economy under an agreement that means increased trade, greater investment, and more jobs for its member countries; a level playing field on which businesses can compete; high standards that protect workers, the environment, and intellectual property. And I just met with several other members of the TPP who share my desire to make this agreement a reality, we’re going to keep on working to get it done. For we believe that this is the model for trade in the 21st century.Agreements like this will benefit our economies and our people. But they also send a strong message that what’s important isn’t just whether our economiescon tinue to grow, but how they grow; that what’s best for our people isn’t a race to the bottom, but a race to the top. Obviously, ensuring the continued growth and stability of the Asia-Pacific requires more than a focus on growing trade and investment.Steady, sustainable growth requires making it easier for small businesses to access capital and new markets. And when about one-third of small businesses in the region are run by women, then steady, sustainable growth requires every woman’s ability to fully participate in the economy. That’s true in the United States and that’s true everywhere.Steady, sustainable growth requires promoting policies and practices that keep the Internet open and accessible.Steady, sustainable growth requires a planet where citizens can breathe clean air, and drink clean water, and eat safe food, and make a living fishing healthy oceans.Steady, sustainable growth requires mobilizing the talents and resources of all our people –- regardless of gender, or religion, or color, or creed; offering them the opportunity to participate in open and transparent political and economic systems; where we cast a harsh light on bribery and corruption, and a well-deserved spotlight on those who strive to play by the rules.Those are all some of the areas we’ll be focused on at APEC this week, and going forward. And obviously every country is different –- no country is following the same model. But there are things that bind us together, and despite our differences, weknow there are certain standards and ideals that will benefit all people.We know that if given a choice, our young people would demand more access to the world’s information, not less. We know that if allowed to organize, our workers would better -- demand working conditions t hat don’t injure them, that keep them safe; that they’re looking for stronger labor and environmental safeguards, not weaker. We know that if given a voice, women wouldn’t say give us less; they’d speak up for more access to markets, more access to capital, more seats in our legislature and our boardrooms.So these are all key issues in growth as well. Sometimes we focus just on trade and investment and dollars and cents, but these things are important as well. These ideals aren’t just topics for summits and state visits. They’re touchstones of the world that we’re going to leave to our children. The United States is not just here in Asia to check a box; we’re here because we believe our shared future is here in Asia, just as our shared past has been.We’re looking to a future where a worker in any of our countries can afford to provide for his family; where his daughter can go to school and start a business and have a fair shot at success; where fundamental rights are cherished, and protected, and not denied. And that future is one where our success is defined less by armies and less by bureaucrats, and more by entrepreneurs, and innovators, by dreamers and doers, by business leaders who focus as much on the workers they empower as the prosperity that they create. That’s future that we see. That’s why we’re here. It’s why we’ve worked so closely together these past several years. And as long as I’m America’s President, I’m going to be invested in your success because I believe it is essential to our success as well.Thank you very much. Xièxiè.。