Barack Obama actually said...

We intend to strengthen these civilian capacities, recruiting our best and brightest to take on this challenge.

Obama emphasizes the need to enhance civilian roles in foreign assistance.

01/12/2009

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But I want you to think about Ms. Dorothy Height, a Black woman in 1929 refusing to be denied her dream of a college education.

Years after he left office, Thomas Jefferson urged him to do more on education.

With so many voices clamoring for attention, it can be difficult at times to sift through it all, to know what to believe.

Education is how America and its people might fulfill our promise.