Let us pray. Gracious god, we pray today to remind us of the value of sacrifice. Is a venerable title. Rice paid by soldiers. To never accept defeat, to another quick. One who stayed alive with his friends by selflessly giving up his own. Ande brave men living indepth consecrate our values, the strength of our nation. Their actionse into the fabric of our history. We who are the living should never forget what they did, the friends they lost in what they left behind. We should take to heart the words spoken after battle by a greeting president , that it is for us living to be dedicated thatto the unfinished work those who fought so nobly advanced. God, we ask you to grant these and holy name, amen. Pres. Obama please be seated. Good afternoon, and welcome to the white house. More than four decades ago, in early 1970, an american squad in vietnam set out on patrol. They marched down a trail, past a rice paddy. Shots rang out and splintered the bamboo above their heads. The lead soldier
Thi this. Ice forgot about the plan or is not using the plan. It closed its Family Detention Center in texas a couple of years before this got out of hand. What i. C. E. Ended up doing was releasing some of the family members, some of them getting parole status. They have released information on where the unaccompanied juveniles have been resettled so far which i put in the packet. Total of 37,000 of them theyve provided details on with the majority going to a handful of states which are a little bit different than the unusual patterns of illegal settlement here. Over 5,000 in texas. 4,000 in new york. 4,000 in california. Almost the same number in florida as in california. And also significant populations of almost 3,000 in virginia and maryland. What theyre doing is people are going to places where there are already existing established communities of Central Americans who arrived before them. The numbers, im sure, are going to increase next year. And the reason is no one is being se
When we look through the lens of health 1 of 3 kids is obese or overweight. When we take the collective impact of each of those disparity points, what we see is indeed a generation of young people who are in crisis and there is a cost associated with that crisis, a cost that totals into the more than 150 billion that we estimate it will cost this nation when young people dont graduate. Additional burdens that will come in the health care system. So what we see is that our work is not just about prevention but our work is really about stabilizing the very foundation of this nation in terms of leaders, in terms that we have the work force that we need, and in terms of reducing the burden on our health care system. And we want to let you know that you can call in and join the conversation about what the challenges are facing todays youth or share your own experience with the boys and girls club of america or other sort of mentorship organizations. If you were under 18, you can call us at
Have the arab spring and it was during the strikes against libya, and the objective was to restore democracy in libya. Two years later, its now in libya. Its no man land. And libya is destroyed, as afghanistan, iraq, dont speak about yemen, sudan, and all these conflicts. Do you think dont you think if you are going to enter military or us to other partners to make war against this socalled Islamic State, dont you think thats going to make also jordan and lebanon, maybe iran, and other countries . Second question, mr. Secretary secretary quickly. The arab Public Opinions knows that the main reason of instability in the area is because the International Community didnt find a solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and its not the Israeli Palestinian con. The israeli arab conflict. Dont you think if nato, European Union, eu member states, exert pressures against israel, so as to accept King Abdullah for peace which was accepted by all arab countries, without restrictions, because
[inaudible] a chance of success we must be prepared to back up diplomatic soft power with military hard power when necessary. We must not only develop the capabilities we need, we must also demonstrate the political will to use them when required. So i welcome the important efforts by the United States and other allies and partners to act against the socalled Islamic State. We have seen again and again that crisis breeds crisis. Force is still effective. And if we fail to defend freedom and democracy oppression will seize their opportunity. We have seen again and again that appeasement does not lead to peace. It just incites tyrants. Any failure to counter oppression will only invite further oppression. That is the lesson of the 20th century, a lesson we must never forget. Remains the last resort,t be able to resort to it when we need to, not to wait for but to build peace. Ladies and gentlemen, i am very proud to have served this unique alliance. Nato is the only permanent framework w