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Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address On Latin America Saturday, March 19, 2011 Washington, DC
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address On Latin America Saturday, March 19, 2011 Washington, DC
In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle East
and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. As I said on Friday, we will work with
our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime
accountable. And we will continue to stand with the people of Japan in their greatest hour of
need.
As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle
the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.
That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America. One of the main reasons for my trip is
to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we create good jobs at home.
Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly. And as these
markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services. The question is, Where are those
goods and services going to come from? As President, I want to make sure these products are
made in America. I want to open more markets around the world so that American companies
can do more business and hire more of our people.
Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important. Every $1 billion of goods and services we
export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States. So, the more we sell overseas, the
more jobs we create on our shores. That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double
our exports by 2014. And it’s a goal we’re on track to meet.
Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American
business. We now export more than three times as much to Latin America as we do to China,
and our exports to the region will soon support more than two million jobs here in the United
States. Brazil, the first stop on our trip, is a great example.
In 2010, America’s exports to Brazil supported more than 250,000 American jobs. These are
jobs at places like Capstone Turbine in California, which recently sold $2 million worth of high-
tech energy equipment to Brazil. Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in
Charlotte, North Carolina that sells and repairs tools for building cars and planes. A deal with a
distributor in Brazil has resulted in new sales and new employees at that firm. And we can point
to large companies like Sikorsky, whose helicopter sales to Brazil help sustain a large, skilled
workforce in Connecticut, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation. And I’ll
be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more
jobs by deepening these economic ties. After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a
growing economy, and increasing demand for American goods. In fact, since 2004, our exports
there are up 300 percent, and now support about 70,000 jobs in the United States. Finally, we’ll
head to El Salvador, a nation with so much promise for growth with the potential to benefit both
of our nations.
We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south. It’s a bond born of shared
history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots
to Latin America. But what is clear is that in an increasingly global economy, our partnership
with these nations is only going to become more vital. For it’s a source of growth and prosperity
– and not just for the people of Latin America, but for the American people as well.
Thank you.
- My Name is Tobby.
- That is a Good Nigger.
ROOTS
In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle
East and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
As I said on Friday, we will work with our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in
Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime accountable. And we will continue to stand with the people
of Japan in their greatest hour of need.
[ Old English wyllan < Indo-European]
[Mid-16th century. Via French < Latin
respondere "promise in return" < spondere "to
[14th century. Contraction of nought] pledge"]
[15th century. Via Latin < Greek krisis
"decisive moment" < krinein "decide"]
As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle
the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.
That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America.
[ Old English strengþu < Germanic, "strong"] [ Old English mægen, influenced by Old
Norse magn < Germanic, "have power"]
One of the main reasons for my trip is to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we
create good jobs at home.
[12th century. Shortening of mine2, originally only
before consonants other than "h"]
[ Old English grōwan < Indo-European]
Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly. And as these
markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services. The question is, Where are those
goods and services going to come from? As President, I want to make sure these products are
made in America. I want to open more markets around the world so that American companies
can do more business and hire more of our people.
[15th century. < medieval Latin important-, [Late 19th century. Back-formation < statistics]
present participle of importare (see import)]
Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important. Every $1 billion of goods and services we
export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States. So, the more we sell overseas, the
more jobs we create on our shores.
[ Old English sellan "hand over" < Germanic]
[13th century. < Old French cuntrée <
assumed Vulgar Latin (terra) contrata
"(land) lying opposite" < Latin contra
"against"]
[ Old English hwȳ, instrumental case form of hwæt
"what"]
That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double our exports by 2014. And it’s a
goal we’re on track to meet.
[ Old English mētan "come upon" < Germanic,
"meeting"] [15th century. < French trac "footprint, mark"]
[Mid-17th century. < Latin rapidus
"seizing" < rapere "seize"] [13th century. Via Old French reisun < Latin ratio
"calculation, thought" < past participle of reri
"calculate, think"]
[12th century. < Old Norse þeirra "theirs"]
Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American
business.
[15th century. < Latin exportare "carry away" < portare "carry"]
We now export more than three times as much to Latin America as we do to China, and our
exports to the region will soon support more than two million jobs here in the United States.
Brazil, the first stop on our trip, is a great example.
[ Old English grēat "thick, coarse" < Germanic]
[14th century. Via French < Latin supportare
"bear up" < portare "carry"]
In 2010, America’s exports to Brazil supported more than 250,000 American jobs.
[Mid-19th century. Via French < Latin turbin- [ Old English līcian "to please" < Germanic,
"spiral, spinning top"] "body"]
These are jobs at places like Capstone Turbine in California, which recently sold $2 million
worth of high-tech energy equipment to Brazil.
adjective, pronoun
one more: an additional
1.
need another person to help
Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in Charlotte, North Carolina that sells
and repairs tools for building cars and planes.
[Early 17th century. < Latin planus [ Old English dǣl "part, share, amount," dǣlan "divide" <
"flat"] Germanic]
A deal with a distributor in Brazil has resulted in new sales and new employees at that firm.
And we can point to large companies like Sikorsky, whose helicopter sales to Brazil help sustain
a large, skilled workforce in Connecticut, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
[13th century. < Old French [ Old English helpan < Germanic]
< Latin fortis "strong"]
Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation. And I’ll
be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more
jobs by deepening these economic ties.
[13th century. Ultimately <
Germanic]
[14th century. Via French < Latin [12th century. Directly or via French < Latin
increscere < crescere "grow"] visitare "go to see," < visare "to view" < vis-
(see visible)]
After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a growing economy, and increasing demand for
American goods.
The Latin word facere "to do, make," from which fact is
derived, is also the source of English difficult, effect, facile,
faction1, factor, fashion, feasible, feat, feature, and fetish.
In fact, since 2004, our exports there are up 300 percent, and now support about 70,000 jobs in
the United States. Finally, we’ll head to El Salvador, a nation with so much promise for growth
with the potential to benefit both of our nations.
[13th century. Via French < Latin
[14th century. Via Anglo-Norman benfet, Old nation- "birth, race" < nat-, past
French bienfait < Latin benefactum "good participle of nasci "be born"]
deed" < bene "well" + facere "do"]
We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south. It’s a bond born of shared
history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots
to Latin America.
[Pre-12th century. < Old Norse rót < [Pre-12th century. < Old French prud <
Indo-European, "branch, root"] Latin prodesse "be beneficial," literally
"be for" < esse "be"]
[13th century. Via Old French cler < Latin clarus
glob·al [glṓb'l]
"clear, bright"]
adjective
1. worldwide: relating to or happening throughout the
whole world
[14th century. Via French < Latin [14th century. < Old French sourse < past participle of
justus < jus "law, right"] sourdre "rise, spring" < Latin surgere]
For it’s a source of growth and prosperity – and not just for the people of Latin America, but for
the American people as well.
Thank you.
[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman and Old
French < Latin populus < Etruscan]
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In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle
East and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
deciphered lend support to the otherwise more probable theory that they were
an Indo−Germanic race only remotely allied to the Italians, in respect of whom
they maintained to quite a late period many distinctive traits.
[3] But though the Romans were long familiar with the literature and customs
of Etruria, and adopted many Etruscan words into their language, neither of
these causes influenced the literary development of the Romans in
As I said on Friday, we will work with our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in
Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime accountable.
By the middle of the republican period, the terms But, to begin with, it is surely unsound
“patrician” and “patrician class” had disappeared. to deny that good of life
Wealthy citizens, who called themselves “the good men”
or “the best men,” divided themselves into two groups,
to animals only because they do not
politicians and businessmen. Th ose who chose politics as appear to man to be of great
their career and held a public
account. And as for plants, we need not
offi ce became senators, and their families became necessarily allow to them what
members of the senatorial class of citizens. On the other
hand, those families whose members engaged primarily
in business made up the equestrian class.Equestrians, we accord to the other forms of life,
however, were not barred from seeking public offi ce. since they have no feeling. It
Indeed, individual members of the equestrian class often
did hold elected governmental positions. Once a family is true people might be found to declare
member from either class attained the highest public offi
ce, that of consul, then his family, whether senatorial or prosperity possible to the
equestrian, became noble. It is important to remember This god is the principle of movement which causes the sun to shine, the waters and the
that members of both the senatorial and the equestrian winds to circulate. Whoever acts has a share in him - Indra, Varuna, Mitra, and
especially Surya, the Sun. As the universal motive power he is the equal of Prajapati,
class were generally wealthy. Puchan and Tvashtar. It is obvious how useful such an intermediary would be in the
magical work of sacrifice. Savitar has golden eyes, golden hands, and tongues of gold.
And we will continue to stand with the people of Japan in their greatest hour of need.
As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle
A HEBREW papyrus is a rarity in any case, but the document that forms the
subject of this paper is unique. It is a papyrus containing the Decalogue in
Hebrew followed by the Shema’, the text differing in many notable
particulars from the Massoretic standard, and agreeing with that which
underlies the Septuagint version. When we add that there is every reason to
suppose that the Papyrus is at least five or six hundred years older than any
piece of Hebrew writing known to scholars, it is evident that the tattered
fragments of which a facsimile is here inserted are interesting and
It therefore joins the invasions of the Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu as just
one more campaign by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536—98), who unified all Japan under
his sword and then carried his aggression just that little bit further, in an expression
that makes the long and bloody conflict sound little more than a larger version of the
pirate raids that Japan had inflicted upon Korea for centuries.
the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.
That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America.
One of the main reasons for my trip is to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we
create good jobs at home.
Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly. And as these
markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services.
The question is, Where are those goods and services going to come from? As President, I want
to make sure these products are made in America.
Ionia, ancient district in what is now Turkey, The writers of these accounts, the late R. G. Collingwood pointed out, were
comprising the central portion of the west coast of "not writing history,'*
Asia Minor, together with the adjacent islands. The
region received its name from the Ionians, Greeks
who emigrated from the mainland of Greece probably they were "writing religion"; they were not inquiring, they were recording
before 1000 BC. The area is mountainous and includes "known facts for the information of persons to whom they are not known,
three fertile valleys, watered by the rivers Gediz,
Ergene, and Büyükmenderes (Menderes). Ionia was but who, as worshippers of the god in question, ought to know the deeds
extremely prosperous in ancient times because of a whereby he has
flourishing agriculture and commerce. In the 7th and
6th centuries BC Ionia made important contributions to made himself manifest." l It was the lonians, again, who first thought to ask
Greek art and literature, and particularly to
philosophy. Great cities grew up, of which Ephesus, questions in a systematic way about the supposedly known facts, in particular
Clazomenae, Erythrae, Colophon, and Miletus were about their meaning in rational, human terms,
the most celebrated. Several cities, such as Miletus
and Phocaea, became important commercial centers
and sent out colonies westward as far as present-day The Art of War was virtually unknown in Europe until 1782, when a French
Jesuit priest living in China, Joseph Amiot, acquired a copy and translated
Spain and northward to the Black Sea. it into French. It was not a good translation because, Dr. Giles wrote, "[I]t
contains a great deal that Sun Tzu did not write, and very little indeed of
I want to open more markets around the world so that American companies can do more
business and hire more of our people.
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The old Latin alphabet was taken from the Dorian
alphabet of Cumae, a colony from Chaleis, and
consisted of
twenty−one letters, A B C D E F Z H I K L M N O P Q
R S T V X, to which the original added three more, O or
Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important. Every $1 billion of goods and services we
export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States. So, the more we sell overseas, the
more jobs we create on our shores.
That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double our exports by 2014. And it’s a goal
we’re on track to meet.
The sooner therefore to instruct them in these matters, he
took care not to confine his legions to one place, but under
pretense of foraging, engaged them in frequent marches,
and counter-marches; because he thought that the enemy's
troops would not lose his track. Three days after, he drew
up his forces with great skill, and marching past Scipio's
camp, waited for him in an open plain; but seeing that he
still declined a battle, he retreated to his camp a little
before evening.
SOME Confiderations of the Confequences of lowering the Intereft,
it here.'
Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American
business.
Many Athenians, though, grew suspicious of Socrates’ open-
ended questioning, which looked to them like moral skepticism.
And if fear of moral skepticism comes out of a hunch that
someone who questions traditional values
Besides the limitation of sense experience, there are promise for Athens’ future, until he talked the city into the
many other factors that would hinder us from Sicilian Expedition;
acquiring full knowledge of such an object, and in
addition to intellectual inability, there are many in subsequent years he betrayed Athens more than once, even
other elements that would distort our image. engineering a coup against its democracy. Plato’s relatives,
Critias and Charmides, led a group of
In 2010, America’s exports to Brazil supported more than 250,000 American jobs.
The Christian apologist Orosius, for instance, wrote a History against the Pagans in –
, in which he set himself the unenviable task of proving that, despite the disasters of the
early fifth century, the pagan past had actually been worse than the troubled Christian present.
In describing the Gothic sack of Rome in , Orosius did not wholly deny its
unpleasantness (which he attributed to the wrath of God on Rome’s sinful inhabitants). But he
also dwelt at length on the respect shown by the Goths for the Christian shrines and saints of
the city;
and he claimed that the events of were not as bad as two disasters
that had occurred during pagan times—the sack of Rome by the Gauls in
, and the burning and despoiling of the city under the Nero. 19
While Roman readers would have been embarrassed by any impression of weakness or
vulnerability in their ancestral hero, Virgil could stress that the gods favoured Aeneas
and destined him to become the founder of a mighty
These are jobs at places like Capstone Turbine in California, which recently sold $2 million
worth of high-tech energy equipment to Brazil.
He stayed his hand on the silver hilt of his sword,
VI. Branded clerics and paladins are the
chosen of the gods, and their prayers may be and thrust it back into the scabbard as Minerva bade
tolerated on themselves and groupmates, but
not on the Crusader. This may ONLY BE DONE if
him. Then she went back to Olympus among the
the priest is of the same FOLLOWING (see other gods, and to the house of aegis-bearing
number 7) as the Crusader, otherwise no
prayers should be called upon. This will
probably mean that in a group with two
Crusaders, that no prayers may be tolerated. Jove.
Clerics and paladins must still not invoke
magical devices in the presence of the
Crusader, nor may they use magics during
combat.
Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in Charlotte, North Carolina that sells
and repairs tools for building cars and planes.
Over seventy years after Petrie had worked on the Umm el-Qaab, a third re-excavation
of the Early Dynastic royal tombs was launched in 1977, under Kaiser’s direction. The
stated aim of the mission was to investigate the construction of the tombs, illuminating
changes in royal mortuary architecture over the course of the Early Dynastic period, a
subject which had been dealt with only summarily in Petrie’s publications. The early
seasons of excavation concentrated on Petrie’s Cemetery B, comprising the tombs of
Aha, Narmer and their immediate predecessors of ‘Dynasty 0’. The clearance of these
tombs resulted in a much better understanding of the royal tomb’s early development,
and inscribed pottery from tomb complex B1/2 has suggested to some the possible
existence of a late Predynastic king called *Iry-Hor. Kaiser made an important
contribution to the
A deal with a distributor in Brazil has resulted in new sales and new employees at that firm.
And we can point to large companies like Sikorsky, whose helicopter sales to Brazil help sustain
a large, skilled workforce in Connecticut, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation. And I’ll
be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more
jobs by deepening these economic ties. Patricians vs. Plebeians
Th ere were, naturally, far fewer patricians than other members of Roman society. By banding
together, however, and supporting their own causes, patricians became so powerful that they soon
controlled the rest of the Roman citizens, the plebeians. Although most of the patricians were
wealthy, others lost their fortunes as time passed. A few of the plebeians, in the meantime,
managed to accumulate great wealth during the growth and development of the Republic. Since
money had helped to make the patricians powerful, the newly wealthy plebeians believed that
they now deserved a more important and infl uential role in the emerging Republic.
After a long and bitter struggle against the patricians, plebeians eventually gained the legal right
to seek political offi ce. Descent from an ancient and illustrious family, though still important,
gradually became less important than wealth in determining a person’s social class. Rome was
now divided by class and by wealth. Th ere were two social classes, patricians and plebeians,
Two main problems engage Confucian Studies in the West. The first
problem is that after about 400 years of study and research, Confucianism in the
West is still a subject which only involves a small group of scholars.
After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a growing economy, and increasing demand for
American goods. In fact, since 2004, our exports there are up 300 percent, and now support
about 70,000 jobs in the United States. Finally, we’ll head to El Salvador, a nation with so much
promise for growth with the potential to benefit both of our nations.
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We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south. It’s a bond born of shared
history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots
to Latin America.
ALL other things partake in a portion of everything,
while Nous is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed
with nothing, but is alone, itself by itself. For if
it were not by itself, but were mixed with anything
else, it would partake in all things if it were mixed
with any; for in everything there is a portion of
everything, as has been said by me in what goes
before, and the things mixed with it would hinder it,
so that it would have power over nothing in the same
way that it has now being alone by itself. For it is
the thinnest of all things and the purest, and it has
all knowledge about everything and the greatest
strength; and Nous has power over all things, both
greater and smaller, that have <soul>.
But what is clear is that in an increasingly global economy, our partnership with these nations is
only going to become more vital.
Good sense is, of all things among men,
the most equally distributed; for
For it’s a source of growth and prosperity – and not just for the people of Latin America, but for
the American people as well.
My personal philosophy of teaching and learning is a product of many influences
including experience, instruction, a melding of the philosophies of past educators
and an intrinsic sense of what is right. I have attempted to capsulate this
philosophy in the seven belief statements that follow. I believe learners are
individuals who bring a unique set of needs and abilities to the classroom and that
they should be encouraged to become responsible for their own learning,
Thank you. especially as they mature. I believe that a teacher’s primary role is that of a
facilitator of learning, creating opportunities for learning which improve the
chances of student success. I believe that the learning process is multifaceted,
unique to each student, yet containing unifying threads of purpose in addressing
the student as a whole person. I believe the curriculum is a set of criteria
designed, as much as possible, to meet the needs of students and should be
offered to them in as compelling a manner as possible. I believe that the learning
environment is a shared, public place that must be welcoming, safe, and the
responsibility of those who share it.
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In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle
East and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Praise be to God, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats
factionalism, and says in His Book: "But when the forbidden months
are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, seize
them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of
war)"; and peace be upon our Prophet, Muhammad Bin-'Abdallah, who
said: I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that
no one but God is worshipped, God who put my livelihood under the
shadow of my spear and who inflicts humiliation and scorn on those
who disobey my orders.
The Arabian Peninsula has never -- since God made it flat, created
its desert, and encircled it with seas -- been stormed by any forces
like the crusader armies spreading in it like locusts, eating its
riches and wiping out its plantations. All this is happening at a
time in which nations are attacking Muslims like people fighting over
a plate of food. In the light of the grave situation and the lack of
support, we and you are obliged to discuss current events, and we
should all agree on how to settle the matter.
С учением Маркса происходит теперь то, что не раз бывало в истории с учениями
революционных мыслителей и вождей угнетенных классов в их борьбе за
освобождение. Угнетающие классы при жизни великих революционеров платили
им постоянными преследованиями, встречали их учение самой дикой злобой,
самой бешеной ненавистью, самым бесшабашным походом лжи и клеветы. После
их смерти делаются попытки превратить их в безвредные иконы, так сказать,
канонизировать их, предоставить известную славу их имени для "утешения"
угнетенных классов и для одурачения их, выхолащивая содержание
революционного учения, притупляя его революционное острие, опошляя его. На
такой "обработке" марксизма сходятся сейчас буржуазия и оппортунисты внутри
рабочего движения. Забывают, оттирают, искажают революционную сторону
учения, его революционную душу. Выдвигают на первый план, прославляют то, что
приемлемо или что кажется приемлемым для буржуазии. Все социал-шовинисты
нынче "марксисты", не шутите! И все чаще немецкие буржуазные ученые,
вчерашние специалисты по истреблению марксизма, говорят о "национально-
немецком" Марксе, который будто бы воспитал так великолепно организованные
для ведения грабительской войны союзы рабочих!
As I said on Friday, we will work with our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in
Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime accountable. And we will continue to stand with the people
of Japan in their greatest hour of need.
"They have done a foolish thing," said
I, fingering my wineglass. "They are
As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle
the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.
That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America.
One of the main reasons for my trip is to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we
create good jobs at home.
The emperor agreed, and initiated what still ranks as the most dramatically rapid transformation of
a society in all history. He sent thousands of promising students to study abroad (75 percent of
them enrolled in science courses), and enlisted hundreds of translators in a crash program to
translate every Western science text that could be obtained into Japanese. Japan's representatives
abroad were ordered to collect and send back home every scrap of scientific information they
encountered. The best talent from the Prussian Kriegsakademie was hired to overhaul and
modernize the Japanese military structure. He also hired battalions of foreign science teachers and
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the
general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.
Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly. And as these
markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services. The question is, Where are those
goods and services going to come from? As President, I want to make sure these products are
made in America. I want to open more markets around the world so that American companies
can do more business and hire more of our people.
Oral history interviews represent another important source for the book.
Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important. Every $1 billion of goods and services we
export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States.
also on the scene late in the twentieth century but with different
interpretations of it as far as philosophy is concerned in the two
worlds.
So, the more we sell overseas, the more jobs we create on our shores. That’s why, last year, I set
a goal for this country: to double our exports by 2014. And it’s a goal we’re on track to meet.
why Armenian is a unique branch of the Indo- were clad in bright uniforms—so opposing sides could be
Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American
business.
We now export more than three times as much to Latin America as we do to China, and our
exports to the region will soon support more than two million jobs here in the United States.
Brazil, the first stop on our trip, is a great example.
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of people were inert. I have already described the
behaviour of the men and women to whom I
The actual result was virtually opposite. The Red Army
found itself pushed by circumstances and events it had spoke. All over the district people were dining
failed to foresee into a brutal struggle against a and supping; working men were gardening after
population that refused to tolerate
the labours of the day, children were being put to
invaders no matter how friendly they declared themselves bed, young people were wandering through the
to be. The Brezhnev regime’s great gamble brought lanes love-making, students sat
devastating consequences on an epic scale. While the
figure of Soviet war deaths is around 15,000, the
official
real number is believed to be far higher, perhaps even as over their books.
high as the 75,000 cited by many veterans. Conservative
estimates put Afghan deaths at 1.25 million, or 9 percent
of the population, with another three-quarters of a million
wounded.
Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in Charlotte, North Carolina that sells
and repairs tools for building cars and planes. A deal with a distributor in Brazil has resulted in
new sales and new employees at that firm.
Ten years ago, the international community adopted the right goals.
Unfortunately, today we have to admit that we will not achieve all the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015. The goals remain valid, however, and must be
implemented rigorously. This should be the central commitment of this summit.
And we can point to large companies like Sikorsky, whose helicopter sales to Brazil help sustain
a large, skilled workforce in Connecticut, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation. And I’ll
be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more
jobs by deepening these economic ties.
The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty
Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one
After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a growing economy, and increasing demand for
American goods. In fact, since 2004, our exports there are up 300 percent, and now support
about 70,000 jobs in the United States.
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not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one
Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may
be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten
Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another dollars for each
Finally, we’ll head to El Salvador, a nation with so much promise for growth with the potential
to benefit both of our nations.
The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the
We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south. It’s a bond born of shared
history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots
to Latin America.
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature
No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of
Commerce thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the
or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which
another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or
State, be
Representative, or Person holding an Offi ce of Trust or Profit
obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
But what is clear is that in an increasingly global economy, our partnership with these nations is
only going to become more vital. For it’s a source of growth and prosperity – and not just for
the people of Latin America, but for the American people as well.
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States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which
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In recent days, we’ve seen turmoil and tragedy around the world, from change in the Middle
East and North Africa to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
A classic example is the case of the judge’s broken leg. Judge X has gone
to the theater every Friday night for the past 10 years. Based on a
Bayesian analysis, one would predict, with some certainty, that this
Friday night would be no different. An expert knows, however, that the
judge broke her leg Thursday afternoon and is expected to be in the
hospital until Saturday. Knowing this key variable allows the expert to
predict that the judge will not attend the theater this Friday.
As I said on Friday, we will work with our partners in the region to protect innocent civilians in
Libya and hold the Gaddafi regime accountable. And we will continue to stand with the people
of Japan in their greatest hour of need.
Refusing to cooperate, the CIA raised FOIA exemptions Bl and B3 and in
May 1995 declined all data and responded that it 'can neither confirm nor
deny the existence of CIA documentation concerning your inquiry'. The
Italian press stressed how 'embarrassing' this was and headlined: 'The
CIA has rejected the request to collaborate with the Parliamentary
Commission on the mysteries of the kidnapping. Moro, a state
secret for the USA.'49
As we respond to these immediate crises abroad, we also will not let up in our efforts to tackle
the pressing, ongoing challenges facing our country, including accelerating economic growth.
That’s why, over the weekend, I’ll be in Latin America.
The United States has been party to multilateral and bilateral
agreements addressing the status of U.S. armed forces while
present in a foreign country. These agreements, commonly
referred to as Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs), generally
establish the framework under which U.S. military personnel
operate in a foreign country, addressing how the domestic laws
of the foreign jurisdiction shall be applied toward U.S.
personnel while in that country [Since that kind of Agreement
serves both the host country and the United States as
represented by the United States Army and related personnel
civilian or other].
One of the main reasons for my trip is to strengthen economic partnerships abroad so that we
create good jobs at home.
Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly. And as these
markets grow, so does their demand for goods and services.
The question is, Where are those goods and services going to come from? As President, I want
to make sure these products are made in America. I want to open more markets around the
world so that American companies can do more business and hire more of our people.
Here’s a statistic to explain why this is important. Every $1 billion of goods and services we
export supports more than 5,000 jobs in the United States. So, the more we sell overseas, the
more jobs we create on our shores. That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double
our exports by 2014. And it’s a goal we’re on track to meet.
Part of the reason why is the rapid growth of Latin America, and their openness to American
business.
Yet now information has started to emerge of the alleged
We now export more than three times as much to Latin America as we do to China, and our
exports to the region will soon support more than two million jobs here in the United States.
Brazil, the first stop on our trip, is a great example.
The Cuban missile crisis had the effect of increasing the already
bounding confidence of the United States in its own destiny.
In 2010, America’s exports to Brazil supported more than 250,000 American jobs. These are
jobs at places like Capstone Turbine in California, which recently sold $2 million worth of high-
tech energy equipment to Brazil. Another company is Rhino Assembly, a small business in
Charlotte, North Carolina that sells and repairs tools for building cars and planes.
Following the death of V.I. Lenin in 1924, a struggle for power between his heirs led to the emergence of
Joseph V. Stalin as Soviet leader. Stalin was less interested than his rivals in exporting revolution and more
concerned to build up the Soviet Union’s industrial and military base in order that Russia might become the
bastion of communism and, as such, able to resist aggression by the capitalist West. The gigantic sacrifices the
industrialisation process imposed on the Soviet people and economy led to a preoccupation with internal
affairs, just as the onset of the depression in the United States in 1929 had a similar effect in increasing
isolationist sentiment there. However, Japanese aggression in Manchuria and China after 1931 prompted Stalin
and the newly elected
United States President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, each increasingly concerned about the threat of a militarist
Japan to their interests in Asia, to open diplomatic relations with each other in
1933. Stalin agreed to recognise the former Tsarist debts in return for a loan from the United States, but this
agreement soon foundered on mutual disagreements about its terms.
SOFAs are often included, along with other types of military agreements, as part of
a comprehensive security arrangement with a particular country. A SOFA itself
does not constitute a security arrangement; rather, it establishes the rights and
privileges of U.S. personnel present in a country in support of the larger security
arrangement. SOFAs may be entered based on authority found in previous treaties
and congressional actions or as sole executive agreements.
The United States is currently party to more than 100 agreements that may be
considered SOFAs.
During the past 30 years, researchers have categorized, experimented, and theorized about
the cognitive aspects of forecasting and have sought to explain why experts are less accurate
forecasters than statistical models. Despite such efforts, the literature shows little consensus
regarding the causes or manifestations of human bias. Some have argued that experts, like all
humans, are inconsistent when using mental models to make predictions. That is, the model
an expert uses for predicting X in one month is different from the model used for predicting X
in a later month, although precisely the same case and same data set are used in both
instances.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British
Today, Brazil imports more goods from the United States than from any other nation. And I’ll
be meeting with business leaders from both countries to talk about how we can create even more
jobs by deepening these economic ties. After Brazil, I’ll also visit Chile, a country with a
growing economy, and increasing demand for American goods.
In fact, since 2004, our exports there are up 300 percent, and now support about 70,000 jobs in
the United States. Finally, we’ll head to El Salvador, a nation with so much promise for growth
with the potential to benefit both of our nations.
Another strand in American thinking about the post-war period, and one which
appealed particularly to the American Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, was that
the post-war world economic order should be based on the principle of the open
door to trade and investment. In Hull’s view the rise of the aggressors in Asia and
Europe had been primarily the result of the dislocation of the world economy after
1929, when tariff barriers had so diminished world trade that the most
economically deprived, and yet vigorous, states like Germany and Japan had
turned to overseas expansion for their economic salvation. Thus a renewed post-
war slump could be avoided if all nations had equal access to world
As a result world trade would burgeon and all nations, rich and
We’ve always had a special bond with our neighbors to the south. It’s a bond born of shared
history and values, and strengthened by the millions of Americans who proudly trace their roots
to Latin America. But what is clear is that in an increasingly global economy, our partnership
with these nations is only going to become more vital. For it’s a source of growth and prosperity
– and not just for the people of Latin America, but for the American people as well.
Thank you.