1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,902 ×ÖÄ» good evening on Wednesday 14 2 00:00:01,903 --> 00:00:05,027 ×ÖÄ» Americans were killed as they came together to 3 00:00:05,027 --> 00:00:06,453 ×ÖÄ» celebrate the holidays were 4 00:00:06,454 --> 00:00:09,096 ×ÖÄ» taken from family and friends who love them deeply 5 00:00:09,096 --> 00:00:11,461 ×ÖÄ» they were white and black 6 00:00:11,462 --> 00:00:16,099 ×ÖÄ» Latino and Asian immigrants an american-born moms 7 00:00:17,026 --> 00:00:19,490 ×ÖÄ» and dads daughters and sons each 8 00:00:19,491 --> 00:00:23,109 ×ÖÄ» of them serve their fellow citizens all of them 9 00:00:24,009 --> 00:00:26,039 ×ÖÄ» were part of our American family 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,084 ×ÖÄ» tonight I wanna talk with you about this tragedy 11 00:00:29,084 --> 00:00:30,366 ×ÖÄ» the broader threat of 12 00:00:30,367 --> 00:00:33,175 ×ÖÄ» terrorism and how we can keep our country safe 13 00:00:34,075 --> 00:00:35,504 ×ÖÄ» the FBI is still gathering 14 00:00:35,505 --> 00:00:38,089 ×ÖÄ» the facts about what happened in San Bernardino 15 00:00:38,089 --> 00:00:39,816 ×ÖÄ» but here's what we know the 16 00:00:39,817 --> 00:00:43,143 ×ÖÄ» victims were brutally murdered and injured by one of 17 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:45,586 ×ÖÄ» their co-workers and his wife 18 00:00:45,587 --> 00:00:48,142 ×ÖÄ» so far we have no evidence that the killers were 19 00:00:49,042 --> 00:00:50,321 ×ÖÄ» directed by a terrorist 20 00:00:50,322 --> 00:00:53,048 ×ÖÄ» organization overseas or that they were part of a 21 00:00:53,048 --> 00:00:55,011 ×ÖÄ» broader conspiracy here at 22 00:00:55,012 --> 00:00:58,787 ×ÖÄ» home but it is clear that the two of them had gone 23 00:00:59,219 --> 00:01:00,353 ×ÖÄ» down the dark path of 24 00:01:00,354 --> 00:01:03,271 ×ÖÄ» radicalization embracing a perverted interpretation of 25 00:01:03,739 --> 00:01:06,073 ×ÖÄ» Islam that calls for war against 26 00:01:06,074 --> 00:01:09,210 ×ÖÄ» America and the West had stockpiled assault 27 00:01:09,021 --> 00:01:11,138 ×ÖÄ» weapons ammunition and pipe 28 00:01:11,139 --> 00:01:15,059 ×ÖÄ» months so this was an act of terrorism designed to 29 00:01:15,059 --> 00:01:17,145 ×ÖÄ» kill innocent people our nation 30 00:01:17,146 --> 00:01:20,107 ×ÖÄ» has been at war with terrorists and al-qaida 31 00:01:21,007 --> 00:01:23,018 ×ÖÄ» killed nearly 3,000 Americans 32 00:01:23,019 --> 00:01:26,071 ×ÖÄ» on 911 in the process we have hardened their 33 00:01:26,071 --> 00:01:27,444 ×ÖÄ» defenses from airports to 34 00:01:27,445 --> 00:01:30,190 ×ÖÄ» financial centers to other critical infrastructure 35 00:01:30,829 --> 00:01:33,402 ×ÖÄ» intelligence and law enforcement 36 00:01:33,403 --> 00:01:36,540 ×ÖÄ» agencies have disrupted countless plots 37 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:38,238 ×ÖÄ» here and overseas and worked 38 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:42,060 ×ÖÄ» around the clock to keep us safe our military and 39 00:01:43,014 --> 00:01:44,252 ×ÖÄ» counterterrorism professionals 40 00:01:44,253 --> 00:01:46,068 ×ÖÄ» have relentlessly pursued terrorist networks 41 00:01:46,068 --> 00:01:47,486 ×ÖÄ» overseas disrupting safe 42 00:01:47,487 --> 00:01:50,146 ×ÖÄ» havens in several different countries killing 43 00:01:51,046 --> 00:01:53,259 ×ÖÄ» Osama bin Laden and decimating 44 00:01:53,260 --> 00:01:56,138 ×ÖÄ» al-qaida's leadership over the last few 45 00:01:57,038 --> 00:01:58,825 ×ÖÄ» years however the terrorist 46 00:01:58,826 --> 00:02:02,135 ×ÖÄ» threat has evolved into a new face as we've become 47 00:02:03,035 --> 00:02:05,505 ×ÖÄ» better at preventing complex 48 00:02:05,506 --> 00:02:09,035 ×ÖÄ» multifaceted attacks like 911 terrorists 49 00:02:09,035 --> 00:02:10,149 ×ÖÄ» turned to less complicated 50 00:02:10,150 --> 00:02:12,078 ×ÖÄ» acts of violence like the mass shootings that 51 00:02:12,078 --> 00:02:14,619 ×ÖÄ» are all too common in our society 52 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:18,086 ×ÖÄ» it is this type of attack that we saw at Fort 53 00:02:18,086 --> 00:02:20,522 ×ÖÄ» Hood in 2009 in chattanooga 54 00:02:20,523 --> 00:02:25,125 ×ÖÄ» earlier this year and now in San Bernardino and his 55 00:02:26,025 --> 00:02:27,632 ×ÖÄ» groups like ISIL grew stronger 56 00:02:27,633 --> 00:02:30,098 ×ÖÄ» amidst the chaos of war in Iraq and then Syria 57 00:02:30,098 --> 00:02:32,019 ×ÖÄ» and as the internet erases the 58 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:35,157 ×ÖÄ» distance between countries we see growing efforts 59 00:02:36,057 --> 00:02:37,879 ×ÖÄ» by terrorists to poison the 60 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,120 ×ÖÄ» minds of people like the Boston Marathon box and 61 00:02:42,002 --> 00:02:44,199 ×ÖÄ» the San Bernardino killers 62 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,003 ×ÖÄ» for seven years I've confronted this evolving 63 00:02:48,021 --> 00:02:49,589 ×ÖÄ» threat each and every morning 64 00:02:49,590 --> 00:02:52,078 ×ÖÄ» and my intelligence briefing and since the day 65 00:02:52,078 --> 00:02:53,498 ×ÖÄ» I took this office I have 66 00:02:53,499 --> 00:02:56,170 ×ÖÄ» authorized us-led forces to take out terrorists 67 00:02:57,007 --> 00:02:59,422 ×ÖÄ» abroad precisely because I know 68 00:02:59,423 --> 00:03:03,007 ×ÖÄ» how real the dangerous as commander-in-chief I 69 00:03:03,007 --> 00:03:04,628 ×ÖÄ» have no greater responsibility 70 00:03:04,629 --> 00:03:07,060 ×ÖÄ» than the security of the American people as a 71 00:03:08,023 --> 00:03:09,908 ×ÖÄ» father to two young daughters 72 00:03:09,909 --> 00:03:13,028 ×ÖÄ» who are the most precious part of my life I know 73 00:03:13,028 --> 00:03:14,057 ×ÖÄ» that we see ourselves with 74 00:03:14,058 --> 00:03:16,036 ×ÖÄ» friends and co-workers at a holiday party like the 75 00:03:17,008 --> 00:03:18,697 ×ÖÄ» one in San Bernardino and always 76 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:21,074 ×ÖÄ» see our kids in the faces of the young people 77 00:03:21,074 --> 00:03:23,474 ×ÖÄ» killed in Paris and I know that 78 00:03:23,475 --> 00:03:27,115 ×ÖÄ» after so much more americans are asking whether 79 00:03:28,015 --> 00:03:33,094 ×ÖÄ» we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure 80 00:03:33,094 --> 00:03:34,900 ×ÖÄ» well here's what I want you 81 00:03:34,901 --> 00:03:38,111 ×ÖÄ» to know the threat from terrorism is real but we 82 00:03:39,011 --> 00:03:40,961 ×ÖÄ» will overcome we will destroy 83 00:03:40,962 --> 00:03:44,056 ×ÖÄ» ISIL than any other organization that tries to 84 00:03:44,056 --> 00:03:46,387 ×ÖÄ» harm us our success will depend 85 00:03:46,388 --> 00:03:50,074 ×ÖÄ» on tough talk or abandoning our values for giving 86 00:03:50,074 --> 00:03:52,311 ×ÖÄ» in to fear that's what groups 87 00:03:52,312 --> 00:03:56,091 ×ÖÄ» like I saw are hoping for instead we will prevail 88 00:03:56,091 --> 00:03:58,094 ×ÖÄ» by being strong and smart 89 00:03:58,095 --> 00:04:02,100 ×ÖÄ» resilient and relentless and by drawing upon every 90 00:04:03,081 --> 00:04:09,100 ×ÖÄ» aspect of American power here's how first 91 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,487 ×ÖÄ» our military will continue to 92 00:04:11,488 --> 00:04:14,052 ×ÖÄ» hunt down terrorists plotters in any country where 93 00:04:14,052 --> 00:04:16,232 ×ÖÄ» it is necessary in Iraq and 94 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:20,109 ×ÖÄ» Syria air strikes are taking out isolators heavy 95 00:04:21,009 --> 00:04:22,094 ×ÖÄ» weapons oil tankers 96 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:25,065 ×ÖÄ» infrastructure and since the attacks and parents are 97 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:26,698 ×ÖÄ» closest allies including France 98 00:04:26,699 --> 00:04:29,070 ×ÖÄ» Germany and the United Kingdom have ramped up 99 00:04:30,015 --> 00:04:31,116 ×ÖÄ» their contributions to our 100 00:04:31,117 --> 00:04:33,107 ×ÖÄ» military campaign which will help us accelerate 101 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:36,160 ×ÖÄ» our effort to destroy ISIL 102 00:04:36,161 --> 00:04:40,052 ×ÖÄ» second we will continue to provide training and 103 00:04:40,052 --> 00:04:41,597 ×ÖÄ» equipment to tens of thousands 104 00:04:41,598 --> 00:04:44,123 ×ÖÄ» of Iraqi and Syrian forces fighting ice along the 105 00:04:45,023 --> 00:04:46,428 ×ÖÄ» ground so that we take away 106 00:04:46,429 --> 00:04:49,030 ×ÖÄ» their safe havens in both countries were deploying 107 00:04:49,093 --> 00:04:50,483 ×ÖÄ» special operations forces 108 00:04:50,484 --> 00:04:53,099 ×ÖÄ» who can accelerate that offensive we've stepped 109 00:04:54,053 --> 00:04:55,062 ×ÖÄ» up this effort since the 110 00:04:55,063 --> 00:04:57,124 ×ÖÄ» attacks in Paris and will continue to invest more 111 00:04:58,024 --> 00:05:02,037 ×ÖÄ» in approaches that are working on the ground 112 00:05:02,037 --> 00:05:03,353 ×ÖÄ» third we're working with 113 00:05:03,354 --> 00:05:06,042 ×ÖÄ» friends and allies to stop by sales operations to 114 00:05:06,087 --> 00:05:07,572 ×ÖÄ» disrupt plots cut off their 115 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:10,104 ×ÖÄ» finances and prevent them from recruiting more 116 00:05:11,004 --> 00:05:12,448 ×ÖÄ» fighters since the attacks 117 00:05:12,449 --> 00:05:15,061 ×ÖÄ» in Paris we've surged intelligence sharing with 118 00:05:15,061 --> 00:05:17,141 ×ÖÄ» our european allies were working 119 00:05:17,142 --> 00:05:20,068 ×ÖÄ» with Turkey to seal its border with Syria and 120 00:05:21,031 --> 00:05:22,426 ×ÖÄ» we are co-operating with 121 00:05:22,427 --> 00:05:25,043 ×ÖÄ» muslim-majority countries and with our Muslim 122 00:05:25,043 --> 00:05:26,496 ×ÖÄ» communities here at home to 123 00:05:26,497 --> 00:05:29,080 ×ÖÄ» counter the vicious ideology that I saw promotes 124 00:05:29,008 --> 00:05:31,469 ×ÖÄ» online forth with american 125 00:05:31,470 --> 00:05:36,014 ×ÖÄ» leadership the international community has begin 126 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:38,176 ×ÖÄ» begun to establish a process 127 00:05:38,177 --> 00:05:41,162 ×ÖÄ» and timeline to pursue cease-fires and a 128 00:05:42,062 --> 00:05:43,863 ×ÖÄ» political resolution to the 129 00:05:43,864 --> 00:05:47,065 ×ÖÄ» Syrian war doing so will allow the Syrian people 130 00:05:47,065 --> 00:05:48,710 ×ÖÄ» and every country including our 131 00:05:48,711 --> 00:05:51,152 ×ÖÄ» allies but also countries like Russia to focus 132 00:05:52,052 --> 00:05:54,517 ×ÖÄ» on the common goal of destroying 133 00:05:54,518 --> 00:05:58,139 ×ÖÄ» I saw a group that threatens us all this is our 134 00:05:59,039 --> 00:06:00,939 ×ÖÄ» strategy to destroy ISIL it is 135 00:06:00,940 --> 00:06:04,044 ×ÖÄ» designed and supported by our military commanders 136 00:06:04,044 --> 00:06:05,946 ×ÖÄ» and counterterrorism experts 137 00:06:05,947 --> 00:06:09,072 ×ÖÄ» together with 65 countries that have joined an 138 00:06:09,072 --> 00:06:10,959 ×ÖÄ» american-led coalition and we 139 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,150 ×ÖÄ» constantly examine our strategy to determine when 140 00:06:15,005 --> 00:06:17,029 ×ÖÄ» additional steps are needed to get the job 141 00:06:17,074 --> 00:06:18,560 ×ÖÄ» that's why I've ordered the 142 00:06:18,561 --> 00:06:21,313 ×ÖÄ» Department of State of Homeland Security to review 143 00:06:21,979 --> 00:06:23,672 ×ÖÄ» the visa waiver program under 144 00:06:23,673 --> 00:06:26,300 ×ÖÄ» which the female terrorists in San Bernardino 145 00:06:26,003 --> 00:06:27,633 ×ÖÄ» originally came to this 146 00:06:27,634 --> 00:06:31,036 ×ÖÄ» country and that's why I will urge high-tech and 147 00:06:31,063 --> 00:06:32,755 ×ÖÄ» want for some leaders to make 148 00:06:32,756 --> 00:06:35,382 ×ÖÄ» it harder for terrorists to use technology to 149 00:06:35,949 --> 00:06:38,700 ×ÖÄ» escape from justice now you're 150 00:06:38,701 --> 00:06:43,011 ×ÖÄ» at home we have to work together to address the 151 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:45,438 ×ÖÄ» challenge there are several 152 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:48,900 ×ÖÄ» steps the congress should take right away to begin 153 00:06:48,009 --> 00:06:49,789 ×ÖÄ» with Congress should act to 154 00:06:49,790 --> 00:06:53,088 ×ÖÄ» make sure no one on a no-fly list is able to buy a 155 00:06:53,979 --> 00:06:55,070 ×ÖÄ» gun 156 00:06:55,889 --> 00:06:56,948 ×ÖÄ» what could possibly be the 157 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:58,985 ×ÖÄ» argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a 158 00:06:59,849 --> 00:07:02,062 ×ÖÄ» semi-automatic weapon is a 159 00:07:02,063 --> 00:07:06,150 ×ÖÄ» matter of national security we also need to make 160 00:07:06,015 --> 00:07:07,097 ×ÖÄ» it harder for people to buy 161 00:07:07,098 --> 00:07:09,021 ×ÖÄ» powerful assault weapons like the ones that were 162 00:07:09,075 --> 00:07:10,840 ×ÖÄ» used in San Bernardino and 163 00:07:10,841 --> 00:07:14,169 ×ÖÄ» order some who reject any gun safety measures but 164 00:07:15,069 --> 00:07:16,847 ×ÖÄ» the fact is that our intelligence 165 00:07:16,848 --> 00:07:19,111 ×ÖÄ» and law enforcement agencies no matter how 166 00:07:20,011 --> 00:07:21,576 ×ÖÄ» effective there cannot 167 00:07:21,577 --> 00:07:25,062 ×ÖÄ» identify every would-be mass shooter whether that 168 00:07:25,062 --> 00:07:27,480 ×ÖÄ» individual is motivated by I saw 169 00:07:27,481 --> 00:07:31,109 ×ÖÄ» or some other hateful ideology but we can do and 170 00:07:32,009 --> 00:07:34,553 ×ÖÄ» must do is make it harder 171 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:39,032 ×ÖÄ» for them to kill next we should put in place 172 00:07:39,032 --> 00:07:40,495 ×ÖÄ» stronger screening for those 173 00:07:40,496 --> 00:07:43,056 ×ÖÄ» who come to America without a visa so that we can 174 00:07:43,056 --> 00:07:44,184 ×ÖÄ» take a hard look at whether 175 00:07:44,185 --> 00:07:46,149 ×ÖÄ» they've traveled to war zones and we're working 176 00:07:47,049 --> 00:07:51,008 ×ÖÄ» with members of both parties in Congress to do exactly that 177 00:07:51,449 --> 00:07:53,783 ×ÖÄ» finally if congress believes 178 00:07:53,784 --> 00:07:57,620 ×ÖÄ» as I do that we are at war with ISIL it should 179 00:07:57,062 --> 00:07:58,712 ×ÖÄ» go ahead and vote to authorize 180 00:07:58,713 --> 00:08:01,078 ×ÖÄ» the continued use of military force against 181 00:08:01,078 --> 00:08:02,839 ×ÖÄ» these terrorists for over a 182 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,102 ×ÖÄ» year I have ordered our military to take thousands 183 00:08:07,002 --> 00:08:08,590 ×ÖÄ» of air strikes against tyson 184 00:08:08,591 --> 00:08:11,371 ×ÖÄ» targets I think it's time for Congress to vote to 185 00:08:11,389 --> 00:08:14,014 ×ÖÄ» demonstrate that the american 186 00:08:14,015 --> 00:08:18,360 ×ÖÄ» people are united and committed to this fight my 187 00:08:18,036 --> 00:08:19,771 ×ÖÄ» fellow americans these are the 188 00:08:19,772 --> 00:08:22,375 ×ÖÄ» steps that we can take together to defeat the 189 00:08:22,699 --> 00:08:27,390 ×ÖÄ» terrorist threat to me now say a word about what we should not do 190 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:29,524 ×ÖÄ» we should not be drawn once 191 00:08:29,525 --> 00:08:34,128 ×ÖÄ» more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq war 192 00:08:35,028 --> 00:08:37,330 ×ÖÄ» Syria and what groups like I 193 00:08:37,331 --> 00:08:41,032 ×ÖÄ» so want they know they can't defeat is on the 194 00:08:41,032 --> 00:08:42,960 ×ÖÄ» battlefield ISIL fighters were 195 00:08:42,961 --> 00:08:46,047 ×ÖÄ» part of the insurgency that we faced in Iraq but 196 00:08:46,047 --> 00:08:47,437 ×ÖÄ» they also know that if we 197 00:08:47,438 --> 00:08:50,108 ×ÖÄ» occupy four lands they can maintain insurgencies 198 00:08:51,008 --> 00:08:52,969 ×ÖÄ» forty years killing thousands 199 00:08:52,970 --> 00:08:56,081 ×ÖÄ» of our troops draining resources and using our 200 00:08:56,081 --> 00:09:02,125 ×ÖÄ» presence to draw new recruits the strategy that we are using now 201 00:09:03,025 --> 00:09:04,434 ×ÖÄ» airstrikes special forces 202 00:09:04,435 --> 00:09:07,027 ×ÖÄ» and working with local forces were fighting to 203 00:09:07,045 --> 00:09:08,783 ×ÖÄ» regain control of their own 204 00:09:08,784 --> 00:09:12,066 ×ÖÄ» country that is how will achieve a more sustainable 205 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:13,844 ×ÖÄ» victory and will require us 206 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:17,073 ×ÖÄ» sending a new generation of Americans overseas to 207 00:09:18,036 --> 00:09:21,071 ×ÖÄ» fight and die for another decade on foreign soil 208 00:09:21,071 --> 00:09:23,674 ×ÖÄ» here's what else we cannot do 209 00:09:23,675 --> 00:09:28,164 ×ÖÄ» we cannot turn against one another by letting this 210 00:09:29,064 --> 00:09:31,327 ×ÖÄ» fight be defined as a war 211 00:09:31,328 --> 00:09:35,129 ×ÖÄ» between America and Islam that too is what 212 00:09:36,029 --> 00:09:38,759 ×ÖÄ» groups like I still want it so 213 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,037 ×ÖÄ» does not speak for Islam their bugs and killers 214 00:09:43,037 --> 00:09:45,201 ×ÖÄ» part of a cult of death and 215 00:09:45,202 --> 00:09:49,130 ×ÖÄ» they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a 216 00:09:50,003 --> 00:09:53,039 ×ÖÄ» billion Muslims around the world including millions of patriotic 217 00:09:53,066 --> 00:09:55,120 ×ÖÄ» muslim-americans who reject 218 00:09:55,121 --> 00:09:58,164 ×ÖÄ» their hateful ideology moreover the vast 219 00:09:59,064 --> 00:10:00,566 ×ÖÄ» majority of terrorist victims 220 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:03,156 ×ÖÄ» around the world are Muslim if you want to succeed 221 00:10:04,056 --> 00:10:05,851 ×ÖÄ» in defeating terrorism we 222 00:10:05,852 --> 00:10:09,084 ×ÖÄ» must enlist Muslim communities as some of our 223 00:10:09,084 --> 00:10:11,659 ×ÖÄ» strongest allies rather than 224 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:16,166 ×ÖÄ» push them away through suspicion and hate it does 225 00:10:17,066 --> 00:10:18,182 ×ÖÄ» not mean denying the fact 226 00:10:18,183 --> 00:10:20,148 ×ÖÄ» that an extremist ideology has spread within 227 00:10:21,048 --> 00:10:22,443 ×ÖÄ» some Muslim communities 228 00:10:22,444 --> 00:10:25,114 ×ÖÄ» as a real problem that Muslims must confront 229 00:10:26,014 --> 00:10:28,078 ×ÖÄ» without excuse Muslim leaders 230 00:10:28,079 --> 00:10:31,068 ×ÖÄ» here and around the globe have to continue 231 00:10:31,068 --> 00:10:32,188 ×ÖÄ» working with us to 232 00:10:32,189 --> 00:10:35,115 ×ÖÄ» decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful 233 00:10:36,015 --> 00:10:40,088 ×ÖÄ» ideology the groups like I saw an al-qaida promote to speak out 234 00:10:40,088 --> 00:10:41,817 ×ÖÄ» against not just acts of violence 235 00:10:41,818 --> 00:10:44,123 ×ÖÄ» but also those interpretations of Islam that 236 00:10:45,023 --> 00:10:46,422 ×ÖÄ» are incompatible with the 237 00:10:46,423 --> 00:10:49,109 ×ÖÄ» values of religious tolerance mutual respect and 238 00:10:50,009 --> 00:10:51,778 ×ÖÄ» human dignity but just as 239 00:10:51,779 --> 00:10:55,035 ×ÖÄ» it is the responsibility of Muslims around the 240 00:10:55,035 --> 00:10:56,581 ×ÖÄ» world to root out misguided 241 00:10:56,582 --> 00:10:59,044 ×ÖÄ» ideas that lead to radicalization it is the 242 00:11:00,025 --> 00:11:02,386 ×ÖÄ» responsibility of all americans 243 00:11:02,387 --> 00:11:06,118 ×ÖÄ» of every faith to reject discrimination it is our 244 00:11:07,018 --> 00:11:09,232 ×ÖÄ» responsibility to reject religious 245 00:11:09,233 --> 00:11:12,099 ×ÖÄ» tests on who we admit into this country it's 246 00:11:12,099 --> 00:11:13,217 ×ÖÄ» our responsibility to reject 247 00:11:13,218 --> 00:11:15,175 ×ÖÄ» proposals that Muslim Americans should somehow be 248 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:18,629 ×ÖÄ» treated differently because 249 00:11:18,630 --> 00:11:23,075 ×ÖÄ» when we travel down that road we lose a kind of 250 00:11:23,075 --> 00:11:25,336 ×ÖÄ» divisiveness that betrayal of 251 00:11:25,337 --> 00:11:29,079 ×ÖÄ» our values plays into the hands of groups like I 252 00:11:29,079 --> 00:11:31,960 ×ÖÄ» saw muslim-americans are our 253 00:11:31,961 --> 00:11:37,105 ×ÖÄ» friends and our neighbors or co-workers our sports 254 00:11:38,005 --> 00:11:40,195 ×ÖÄ» heroes and yes they are our 255 00:11:40,196 --> 00:11:44,008 ×ÖÄ» men and women in uniform who are willing to die 256 00:11:44,008 --> 00:11:47,038 ×ÖÄ» in defense of our country we 257 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:52,017 ×ÖÄ» have to remember that my fellow Americans I am 258 00:11:52,017 --> 00:11:53,571 ×ÖÄ» confident we will succeed in 259 00:11:53,572 --> 00:11:56,069 ×ÖÄ» this mission because we are on the right side 260 00:11:56,069 --> 00:11:58,489 ×ÖÄ» of history we were founded upon 261 00:11:58,490 --> 00:12:02,160 ×ÖÄ» a belief in human dignity but no matter who you 262 00:12:03,006 --> 00:12:04,158 ×ÖÄ» are or where you come from or 263 00:12:04,159 --> 00:12:06,067 ×ÖÄ» what you look like or what religion you practice 264 00:12:07,021 --> 00:12:09,782 ×ÖÄ» your equal in the eyes of God 265 00:12:09,783 --> 00:12:14,067 ×ÖÄ» and equal in the eyes of the law even in this 266 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,533 ×ÖÄ» political season even as 267 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:18,101 ×ÖÄ» we properly debate what steps I and future 268 00:12:19,001 --> 00:12:20,867 ×ÖÄ» presidents must take to keep 269 00:12:20,868 --> 00:12:24,067 ×ÖÄ» our country safe let's make sure we never forget 270 00:12:24,067 --> 00:12:26,183 ×ÖÄ» what makes us exceptional 271 00:12:26,184 --> 00:12:30,079 ×ÖÄ» let's not forget that freedom is more powerful 272 00:12:30,079 --> 00:12:32,119 ×ÖÄ» than fear that we've always 273 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,142 ×ÖÄ» met challenges whether war or depression 274 00:12:36,042 --> 00:12:38,499 ×ÖÄ» natural disasters or terrorist 275 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:42,104 ×ÖÄ» attacks by coming together around our common 276 00:12:43,004 --> 00:12:49,008 ×ÖÄ» ideals as one nation and one people so long as we stay true 277 00:12:49,008 --> 00:12:53,054 ×ÖÄ» to that tradition no doubt that America will prevail 278 00:12:53,054 --> 00:12:55,029 ×ÖÄ» thank you god bless you and 279 00:12:55,030 --> 00:12:58,102 ×ÖÄ» may God bless the United States of America