Barack Obama

To create better opportunity for the Burmese people; how can they expand access to education and health care.

The United States announced the creation of the Expanded ASEAN Seafarer's Training (EAST) program to improve counter-piracy training and education in the region.

E3 will also help ASEAN countries integrate their markets further as ASEAN seeks to build an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.

It requires the kind of courage that so many of your leaders have already displayed.

I want to make a pledge to the people of this country that I am confident we can keep...

The more you do to continue down the path of reform, the more we will be able to do to help bring greater economic development to your country.

I was honored to be the first President to welcome Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the White House.

I recognize that this is just the first steps on what will be a long journey.

Hamas must end rocket fire into Israel.

As you heard him in the press conference say, Israel has a right to defend itself.

We think that a process of democratic reform and economic reform here in Myanmar that has been begun by the President is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities here.

Today marks the next step in a new chapter between the United States and Burma.

E3 will begin with a set of concrete joint activities that will expand trade and investment.

I'm proud to be the first American President to visit this spectacular country.

They've taken bold steps that have set the country on a path to reform, but now they have to continue down that path so that it's irreversible.

This journey has the potential to inspire so many people.

The United States of America is with you, including those who have been forgotten.

The steps that he's already taken for democratization, elections, the release of prisoners of conscience, a commitment to work with us on a human rights dialogue all can unleash the incredible potential of this beautiful country.

The United States launched the ASEAN Youth Volunteers Program and sponsored the ASEAN Commission on Women and Children visit to the United States this past April to connect with U.S. civil society groups to share best practices.

E3 identifies specific cooperative activities to facilitate U.S.-ASEAN trade and investment.

Leaders endorsed the U.S.-ASEAN Innovation in Science through Partners in Regional Engagement (INSPIRE) initiative to enhance science and technology (S&T) cooperation between the United States and ASEAN.

I express regret for the loss of Israeli and Palestinian civilian lives.

We appreciate this concrete cooperation that the President has announced with respect to nonproliferation issues.

The United States and ASEAN welcomed the launch of the U.S.-ASEAN Expanded Economic Engagement (E3) initiative.

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