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but these are tough issues. and the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong. just before he wrapped up his speech, the president went off script once more and recognized that voices like medea benjamin s cannot be ignored. our victory against terrorism won t be measured in a surrender ceremony at a battleship. or a statue being pulled to the ground. victory will be measured in parents taking their kids to school. immigrants coming to our shores. fans taking in a ball game. a veteran starting a business. a bustling city street. a citizen shouting her concerns at a president. joining me at table is
but these are tough issues. and the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong. just before he wrapped up his speech, the president went off script once more and recognized that voices like medea benjamin s cannot be ignored. our victory against terrorism won t be measured in a surrender ceremony at a battleship. or a statue being pulled to the ground. victory will be measured in parents taking their kids to school. immigrants coming to our shores. fans taking in a ball game. a veteran starting a business. a bustling city street. a citizen shouting her concerns at a president. joining me at table is pardiss kebriaei, senior attorney at the center of constitutional rights who represents guantanamo detainees. let s welcome back the
you being able to speak, but also you listening. and me being able to speak. [ applause ] well, the president obviously didn t let it throw him. however, he ended a very strong speech, i think, on a powerful note about what victory in a war on terrorism would actually look like. he even managed to tie in, as i said, that woman who was interrupting him. she s from code pink. let s take a listen. our victory against terrorism won t be measured in a surrender ceremony at a battleship. or a statue being pulled to the ground. victory will be measured in parents taking their kids to school. immigrants coming to our shores. fans taking in a ball game. a veteran starting a business. a bustling city street. a citizen shouting her concerns at a president.
and the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong. just before he wrapped up his speech, the president went off script once more and recognized that voices like medea benjamin s cannot be ignored. our victory against terrorism won t be measured in a surrender ceremony at a battleship. or a statue being pulled to the ground. victory will be measured in parents taking their kids to school, immigrants coming to our shores, fans taking in a ball game, a veteran starting a business, a bustling city street, a citizen shouting her concerns at a president. joining me at table is