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This JustIN: Obama's Speech to Congress

Blog by Justin Foss

By Justin Foss

Story Created: Feb 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM CST

Story Updated: Feb 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM CST

2/24/20008 - If you can read this before the speech, here's a snipit from the White House:

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But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.

The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.

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