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26,957
But next door, of course, we have Egypt.
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26,965
You say that you're not interested in duplicating what happened in Iraq.
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26,966
But just a few weeks ago, you said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now.
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And the -- the challenge we have -- I know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy -- but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong.
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26,968
You said we should have gone into Iraq, despite that fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction.
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Then you said we should.
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26,973
Now you say maybe or it depends, which means not only were you wrong, but you were also confusing in sending mixed messages both to our troops and our allies.
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26,974
So, what -- what we need to do with respect to the Middle East is strong, steady leadership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map.
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26,979
But -- but I can say this, that we're talking about the Middle East and how to help the Middle East reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing, and the rising tide of tumult and -- and confusion.
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26,981
Attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the Middle East, and take advantage of the opportunity there, and stem the tide of this violence.
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26,983
First of all, Russia I indicated is a geopolitical foe.
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26,990
I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.
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And I'm certainly not going to say to him, I'll give you more flexibility after the election.
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26,993
Number two, with regards to Iraq, you and I agreed I believe that there should be a status of forces agreement.
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26,996
You didn't want a status of...
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26,999
I'm sorry, you actually -- there was a -- there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and I concurred in that, and said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on.
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That was something I concurred with...
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That was my posture as well.
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27,011
The answer was we got...
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27,014
This was just a few weeks ago that you indicated that we should still have troops in Iraq.
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27,024
...I indicated that you failed to put in place a status...
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27,035
You just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in Iraq.
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27,036
That is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the Middle East.
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27,040
Number three, we do have to make sure that we're protecting religious minorities and women because these countries can't develop unless all the population, not just half of it, is developing.
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27,041
Number four, we do have to develop their economic -- their economic capabilities.
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27,043
Part of American leadership is making sure that we're doing nation building here at home.
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27,058
We've mobilized sanctions against that government.
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27,061
But ultimately, Syrians are going to have to determine their own future.
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27,064
But we also have to recognize that, you know, for us to get more entangled militarily in Syria is a serious step, and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping; that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or allies in the region.
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27,066
But what we can't do is to simply suggest that, as Governor Romney at times has suggested, that giving heavy weapons, for example, to the Syrian opposition is a simple proposition that would lead us to be safer over the long term.
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27,069
First of all, 30,000 people being killed by their government is a humanitarian disaster.
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Secondly, Syria is an opportunity for us because Syria plays an important role in the Middle East, particularly right now.
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27,075
Number two, seeing a -- a replacement government being responsible people is critical for us.
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27,077
We don't want to get drawn into a military conflict.
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27,079
And then make sure they have the arms necessary to defend themselves.
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27,082
We need to make sure as well that we coordinate this effort with our allies, and particularly with -- with Israel.
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27,087
I believe he will go.
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27,091
And Assad -- excuse me, Kofi Annan came in and said we're going to try to have a ceasefire.
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27,099
We are mobilizing humanitarian support, and support for the opposition.
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27,101
But going back to Libya -- because this is an example of how we make choices.
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And so we were going to make sure that we finished the job.
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That's part of the reason why the Libyans stand with us.
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But we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making certain that we knew who we were dealing with, that those forces of moderation on the ground were ones that we could work with, and we have to take the same kind of steady, thoughtful leadership when it comes to Syria.
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I don't want to have our military involved in Syria.
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27,114
I don't think there is a necessity to put our military in Syria at this stage.
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27,116
As I indicated, our objectives are to replace Assad and to have in place a new government which is friendly to us, a responsible government, if possible.
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And I want to make sure they get armed and they have the arms necessary to defend themselves, but also to remove -- to remove Assad.
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But I do not want to see a military involvement on the part of our -- of our troops.
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And this isn't -- this isn't going to be necessary.
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We -- we have, with our partners in the region, we have sufficient resources to support those groups.
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27,129
America can help that happen.
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27,134
What you just heard Governor Romney said is he doesn't have different ideas.
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But what I've also said is that now that you have a democratically elected government in Egypt, that they have to make sure that they take responsibility for protecting religious minorities.
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And we have put significant pressure on them to make sure they're doing that; to recognize the rights of women, which is critical throughout the region.
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These countries can't develop if young women are not given the kind of education that they need.
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They have to abide by their treaty with Israel.
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That is a red line for us, because not only is Israel's security at stake, but our security is at stake if that unravels.
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27,150
And we will help them with respect to developing their own economy, because ultimately what's going to make the Egyptian revolution successful for the people of Egypt, but also for the world, is if those young people who gathered there are seeing opportunities.
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27,151
Their aspirations are similar to young people's here.
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They want to make sure that they have a roof over their heads and that they have the prospects of a better life in the future.
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And so one of the things that we've been doing is, is, for example, organizing entrepreneurship conferences with these Egyptians to give them a sense of how they can start rebuilding their economy in a way that's noncorrupt, that's transparent.
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27,157
And it's very hard for us to project leadership around the world when we're not doing what we need to do...
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But once it exploded, I felt the same as the president did, which is these freedom voices and the streets of Egypt, where the people who were speaking of our principles and the President Mubarak had done things which were unimaginable and the idea of him crushing his people was not something that we could possibly supp...
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27,165
We want a peaceful planet.
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We didn't ask for it.
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But it's an honor that we have it.
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27,178
We need to have as well a strong military.
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27,181
But the idea of a trillion dollar in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.
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27,182
We need to have strong allies.
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27,183
Our association and connection with our allies is essential to America's strength.
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27,184
We're the great nation that has allies, 42 allies and friends around the world.
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27,186
And if we're strong in each of those things, American influence will grow.
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But unfortunately, in nowhere in the world is America's influence will grow.
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27,200
We recognize that there are places of conflict in the world.
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27,204
And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home.
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27,205
You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job.
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27,206
You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate.
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27,207
You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree.
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27,208
We have to get our economy going.
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27,211
We -- we make decisions today in the military that -- that will confront challenges we can't imagine.
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27,212
In the 2000 debates, there was no mention of terrorism, for instance.
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27,215
I will not cut our military budget.
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27,219
And then, of course, with regards to standing for our principles, when -- when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, the Green Revolution occurred, for the president to be silent I thought was an enormous mistake.
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27,223
And the world needs a strong America, and it is stronger now than when I came into office.
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27,224
Because we ended the war in Iraq, we were able to refocus our attention on not only the terrorist threat, but also beginning a transition process in Afghanistan.
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27,227
But what we also have been able to do is position ourselves so we can start rebuilding America, and that's what my plan does.
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27,233
That's the kind of leadership that we need to show.
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27,234
And we've got to make sure that we reduce our deficit.
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27,238
Now, Governor Romney has taken a different approach throughout this campaign.
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Both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies.
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27,240
He's praised George Bush as a good economic steward and Dick Cheney as somebody who's -- who shows great wisdom and judgment.
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I've got a policy for the future and agenda for the future.
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Number two, we're going to increase our trade.
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It doubles about every -- every five or so years.
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27,257
We're all focused on China.
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27,258
Latin America is a huge opportunity for us -- time zone, language opportunities.
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27,260
And then we're going to have to get to a balanced budget.
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27,262
And that's where we're going right now unless we finally get off this spending and borrowing binge.
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And finally, number five, we've got to champion small business.
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Small business is where jobs come from.
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