On the recordFebruary 27, 2011
Empowering women across the globe is not simply the right thing to do, it is also smart foreign policy.
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu“Empowering women across the globe is not simply the right thing to do, it is also smart foreign policy.”
Proclamation 8630—Women's History Month
Share
More from Barack Obama
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen.
Other voices in this conversation