in the middle of a housing affordability crisis when the gap between the black and white home ownership gap is as large as it was, the trump administration wants to make it harder for credit worthy working families, especially families of kol loor to buy a home and build wealth. that s shameful. what do you make of her slamming this? smart people learn from things that have not worked out in the past. and as you remember more than a decade ago there was a big brouhaha about the wealth gap, the housing gap and that everybody should own a home. and there was a lot of manipulation, credit manipulations that were inappropriate so that people lost not only their home, they lost their credit and their future possibilities. a lot of the african-american community were victimized by this. and we re looking at ways to get them back at home. but learn from those things and not repeat the same kinds of
that doesn t make a whole lot of sense. yeah. you may be overestimating my abilities to really speak to the guts of the issue, but, look, i m not an expert. i ve had 300 really dirty jobs and met thousands of people who do this kind thousands of people that do this work for the last seven years. the big take away from me is that the skills gap is a reflection of what we value. and what we value in this country has shifted over the last 30 to 40 years. we no longer encourage kids to take the time to learn a skill and master a trade and at the same time, we ve actively discouraged people from getting dirty. you know, blue and white kol loor lar jobs are the traditional factor in the way that we separate our workforce. you can t have separate and equal. it doesn t work with anything. and the reality of that is we ve been focusing on a different sort of job in terms of what we aspire to. and right now, again, not an
our work. and in return, as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we commit to you that we will continue to do everything in our power to fulfill your mission of defeating al qaeda and their militant allies. we will do whatever it takes to protect this country and to keep it safe. this has been a long and tough fight, and it s not over. but as we have just proven, it s a fight that we re going to win for you, mr. president, and for the american people. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to introduce the president of the united states. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, all. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. well, thank you, leon, and thank you, jim. when i chose leon panetta as director of the cia, i said he was going to be a strong advocate for this agency and would strengthen your capabilities to meet the threats of our time. when i chose jim clapper as director of national intelligence, i charged him with making