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Press Release - President Obama and CIA Director Panetta Speak at CIA Memorial Service

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What’s being asked of us is make some effort to stand up for the things that you think are right.

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Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.

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That then makes them more interested in appeals by folks who say, 'The reason you don't feel respected is because women have been doing this, or this group has been doing that.' And that is not a healthy place to be.

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