it is very important for us to build up U.S. Marshals' capacity. That is something we want to do in the Federal budget . . . my expectation is that we will get support, bipartisan support, from Congress on this issue because it is so important to every family across America.
Obama emphasizes the need for increased funding for U.S. Marshals under the Adam Walsh Act.
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And in defense of the country. And in defense of the world that you want to leave to your children and your grandchildren.
I think that approach is a smart, measured approach, designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.
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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