This has been my Foreign Policy during my presidency. By necessity, we work with all countries, and many of them are not democracies. Some of them are democracies in the sense they have elections, but not democracies in the sense of actually permitting participation and dissent. But our trajectory as a country has been to support the efforts of those who believe in selfgovernance, who believe in those ideas that began here so many years ago. And it is not simply a matter of us being true to our values. Its not just a matter of idealism. I believe it is practical for the United States to support democracies. [applause] pres. Obama because history shows us that countries with democratic governance tend to be more just, and more stable, and more successful. Open, democratic societies can deliver more prosperity because when people are free to think for themselves and share ideas and discover and create the young people who are here, what theyre able to do through the internet and technolo
This has been my Foreign Policy during my presidency. By necessity, we work with all countries, and many of them are not democracies. Some of them are democracies in the sense they have elections, but not democracies in the sense of actually permitting participation and dissent. But our trajectory as a country has been to support the efforts of those who believe in selfgovernance, who believe in those ideas that began here so many years ago. And it is not simply a matter of us being true to our values. Its not just a matter of idealism. I believe it is practical for the United States to support democracies. [applause] pres. Obama because history shows us that countries with democratic governance tend to be more just, and more stable, and more successful. Open, democratic societies can deliver more prosperity because when people are free to think for themselves and share ideas and discover and create the young people who are here, what theyre able to do through the internet and technolo
If youve got to prioritize, this is what i want you to focus on. This is what i think we need to or should be willing to take some level of risk. You have to set that tone. When i askos important,a think is i get totally different answers. And you need to shape that discussion. You have many other challenges for your time. Pretend that this needs to dominate your life. But there is a significant role for you to play. The what can go wrong . Hack, youer the sony got a call one thanksgiving. Admiral rogers i was with my family. What can we learn from what happened at sony . I thought the positives were great collaboration between a private company, the Computer Network expertise they brought on, they knew they were dealing with something and so they hired expertise and capability from within the private sector. They then came to the conclusion that this was something bigger than they had initially potentially thought, and they felt they needed to reach out to the government. I give them
Health and human services. More announcements today. Lets look at where European Equity fund trading now, under 30 minutes to be close at a very different picture from yesterday because we have been seeing a italian banks rebounding, pulling up the ftse and giving lift to european stocks overall. European stocks are still hovering near the lowest level in more than a week. A little bit of thin trading ahead of this referendum and the head of the opec meeting later this week. , italyse equity space ftse makes up 1. 9 , the cap 40 in france at 9 10 of 1 and greece up more than 1 , the euro stock of empty weakness in the ftse in the u. K. , the ftse 100 down some 6 10 of 1 . The u. K. , starting at 7 10 of 1 . We saw this brought below 124 earlier. We will break down the moves later. 6. 20uro unchanged, one of 106. 20. The 10 year yield in italy down 10 basis points. Yields are coming down elsewhere in europe. And how the 600 sector breaks down, overall, the benchmark of some 1 10 of a pe
Nuclear attack. United Nations Security Council called an emergency meeting today. South korea suggests it was an atomic bomb. In the west, the first major el nino storm slammed california with record rain. Flooding roads, stranding motorists. I cant move every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. President obama announces executive orders tightening up the sales of firearms. Republicans push to respond. We are safer because we have law abiding citizens. Deadly attack in afghanistan. A u. S. Service member killed and two others wounded during an ongoing operation against the taliban. Donald trump went after ted cruz and the fact he was born in canada. Well, i tweeted out a link to fonzie jumping the shark and i think im going to stick with that tweet. Tonights powerball soars to 450 million. This is the Winning Ticket. Jewelry store thief on a fivestate crime spree appears to have pulled off her sixth heist in north carolina. High School Basketball coach appears to headbutt a