Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting
10/14/2008
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Congratulations on becoming our President.
This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.
Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation...
You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.