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and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. amid continued violence and unrest in north africa and the middle east, president obama announced this week the united states will fully support countries seeking reform. during a speech at the state department, the president promised to aid new democracies, and he said the u.s. will oppose any leaders or groups who restrict rights, including religious freedom. in a region that was the birthplace of three world religions, intolerance can lead only to suffering and stagnation. the president also addressed the stalled middle east peace
and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. amid continued violence and unrest in north africa and the middle east, president obama announced this week the united states will fully support countries seeking reform. during a speech at the state department, the president promised to aid new democracies, and he said the u.s. will oppose any leaders or groups who restrict rights, including religious freedom. in a region that was the birthplace of three world religions, intolerance can lead only to suffering and stagnation. the president also addressed the stalled middle east peace process. a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples. israel as a jewish state and the homeland for the jewish people, and the state of palestine as the homeland for
additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. it s been an emotional week since the dramatic u.s. operation that killed osama bin laden in pakistan. on thursday president obama laid a wreath at ground zero. he met with loved ones of some of those killed on 9/11 and told them he hoped bin laden s death brought them a small measure of comfort. the president repeatedly cited the 9/11 attacks when he announced the operation on sunday. justice has been done. when the news broke, spontaneous celebrations began in front of the white house and across the country. that prompted vigorous debate about whether jubilation was appropriate. in some parts of the muslim world, there were anti-american protests and vows of retaliation. obama made a distinction between islam and al qaeda.