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Remarks by the Vice President at the Atlantic Council's 50th Anniversary Dinner
settled the old debate about whether NATO should act outside of the treaty area by recognizing the alliance must be prepared to respond both within Europe and beyond Europe. That includes Afghanistan, where troops are bravely working to disrupt, dismantle ... and this 50th anniversary of the Council. Five decades, the Council has enriched the public debate on both sides of the Atlantic and, not incidentally, helped forge consensus not just among the political leaders, but consensus among the elites ... . President Obama and I firmly believe that there must be no distinction between old and new members of NATO. So to adapt, we began to move, and all of us moved together, on making sure that the Article 5 commitments extended to every nation in NATO ...
Towards the Summit
Includes Videohemisphere is faced with a clear choice. We can overcome our shared challenges with a sense of common purpose, or we can stay mired in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future. Too often, the United States has ...
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Dan Restrepo and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes
of a constant refrain of the old debates of the past. Essentially redebating the ideological divisions of the Cold War or the different roles that were associated with that is something that isn’t responsive to the aspirations of the people of the region -- so ... be a positive development, within the context of the unrest that you're referencing. Q Just to follow up very quickly, this goes back to the debate that Chip was having yesterday with you all. Would a simpler way to say this be that if civilians or Libyan ...
The Economic Case for Comprehensive Energy Reform
. To do so, in many areas, will require a change in our gestalt. Not the continuation of existing battles and of existing conflicts, but the reformulation of problems in new ways that permit us to cut across old debates and to as a nation move forward ... , probably since the founding of the republic, but certainly with very great frequency and in every presidential campaign since the first energy shock of 1973. Nearly 40 years. And the debate, frankly, has fallen into a series of ruts. Is it going ... economic progress? Is our focus the profits for producers, or is it the costs for consumers? I could give more examples. Those debates have their place and they have illuminated tradeoffs that policymakers ignore at their peril. But I would ...
Remarks by the President at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference
there are differences of opinion between Democrats and Republicans, between business and labor, about the right approach. But I also know we are at a moment where it is absolutely necessary for us to get beyond those old debates. Those who would once support every ...
Press Briefing
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Remarks by the President to the Business Roundtable
, competitive America is within our reach -- but only if we move forward as one nation; only if we move past the old debates and the crippling divides between left and right, between business and labor, between private enterprise and the public sector. Whatever ... in the same debates and divides that have held us back for a very long time and forced us to keep on punting down the road the same problems we've been facing for decades. And I believe we can't afford that kind of politics anymore. Not now. But we know ...
Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 5-11-09
would recognize that we're now in a position -- everybody is now in a position to play a very constructive role moving forward on reform, rather than getting us stuck in the age-old debate -- ages-old debate because it's been happening for decades ... reform come to fruition this year. I think many of the actors that were involved in previous health care reform debates on the opposite side are now -- have what the President talked about, a seat at the table, and are actively involved in looking ... : Well, I have to get the back-timing on when they came to discuss some of what you saw today. And, look, I think in some ways, we're used to in this town the cynicism that goes along with these debates. I think that's why what happened today was so ...
Op-ed by President Barack Obama: 'Choosing a Better Future in the Americas'
in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future. Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed ... . The U.S.-Cuba relationship is one example of a debate in the Americas that is too often dragged back to the 20th century. To confront our economic crisis, we don’t need a debate about whether to have a rigid, state-run economy or unbridled and unregulated capitalism – we need pragmatic and responsible action that advances our common prosperity. To combat lawlessness and violence, we don’t need a debate about whether to blame right-wing paramilitaries or left-wing insurgents – we need practical ...
Remarks of the President to the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
investments in early education, despite compelling evidence of its importance. So what we get here in Washington is the same old debate about it's more money versus more reform, vouchers versus the status quo. There's been partisanship and petty bickering ... . Singapore's middle-schoolers outperform ours three to one. Just a third of our 13- and 14-year-olds can read as well as they should. And year after year, a stubborn gap persists between how well white students are doing compared to their African American ... of preparing them. Instead, it's because politics and ideology have too often trumped our progress that we're in the situation that we're in. For decades, Washington has been trapped in the same stale debates that have paralyzed progress and perpetuated ...
