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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

We share an interest in reducing the violence; securing chemical weapons and ensuring that they're neither used nor are they subject to proliferation.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

Recognizing the extraordinary growth in the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs).

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

The distinction I make is between extremists and those who recognize in a 21st century world that the way the Middle East is going to succeed is when you have governments that meet the aspirations of their people, that are tolerant, that…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

I believe that the biggest challenge we face right now... is growing inequality, wages and income stagnant or even going down in some cases for middle-class families.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

The public expects me and the Justice Department and others to protect them from those things.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

There's a possibility that they decide -- the Iranians decide -- to take us up on our offer to engage in a more serious, substantive way.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

We intend to continue to contribute to international endeavors to counter terrorism within the framework of the United Nations.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

Trade is critical, but it is not alone a silver bullet; it has to be part of a comprehensive strategy that we pursue on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

We have decided to use the longstanding Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) links established in 1987.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

John B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

This working group is to assess emerging threats, elaborate, propose and coordinate concrete joint measures to address such threats as well as strengthen confidence.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

I'm hopeful we can achieve the kind of high-standard, comprehensive agreement that the global trading system is looking to us to develop.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

The United States and Russia resolutely condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 16, 2013

This direct line will be seamlessly integrated into the existing Direct Secure Communication System.

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