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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

August 27, 2011

WEEKLY ADDRESS: Observing 9/11 with

National Service

WASHINGTONIn this weeks address, President Obama called on the American people tocome together in the spirit of service and remembrance as we approach the tenth anniversary of

the September 11th attacks. All Americans can pay tribute to those who lost their lives during

9/11 by visiting Serve.Gov to find ways to help within their own communities. Through even

the smallest of actions, we can reclaim the sense of unity that followed the attacks, anddemonstrate that our sense of common purpose is just as strong today as it was ten years

ago. Americans can once again come together to mark this solemn anniversary with service, and

move towards a bright future as one nation.

Remarks of President Barack Obama

Weekly Address

Saturday, August 27, 2011

In just two weeks, well come together, as a nation, to mark the 10th anniversary of theSeptember 11th attacks. Well remember the innocent lives we lost. Well stand with the

families who loved them. Well honor the heroic first responders who rushed to the scene andsaved so many. And well pay tribute to our troops and military families, and all those who haveserved over the past ten years, to keep us safe and strong.

Well also recall how the worst terrorist attack in American history brought out the best in theAmerican people. How Americans lined up to give blood. How volunteers drove across the

country to lend a hand. How schoolchildren donated their savings. How communities, faith

groups and businesses collected food and clothing.

We were united, and the outpouring of generosity and compassion reminded us that in times of

challenge, we Americans move forward together, as one people.

This September 11th, Michelle and I will join the commemorations at Ground Zero, in

Shanksville, and at the Pentagon. But even ifyou cant be in New York, Pennsylvania orVirginia, every American can be part of this anniversary. Once again, 9/11 will be a National

Day of Service and Remembrance. And in the days and weeks ahead, folks across the country

in all 50 stateswill come together, in their communities and neighborhoods, to honor thevictims of 9/11 and to reaffirm the strength of our nation with acts of service and charity.


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In Minneapolis, volunteers will help restore a community center. In Winston-Salem, North

Carolina, theyll hammer shingles and lay floors to give families a new home. In Tallahassee,

Florida, theyll assemble care packages for our troops overseas and their families here athome. In Orange County, California, theyll renovate homes for our veterans. And once again,

Michelle and I look forward to joining a local service project as well.

There are so many ways to get involved, and every American can do something. To learn more

about the opportunities where you live, just go online and visit Serve.gov. Even the smallest actof service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a way to reclaim that

spirit of unity that followed 9/11.

On this 10th anniversary, we still face great challenges as a nation. Were emerging from the

worst economic crisis in our lifetimes. Were taking the fight to al Qaeda, ending the war in Iraq

and starting to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. And were working to rebuild the

foundation of our national strength here at home.

None of this will be easy. And it cant be the work of government alone. As we saw after 9/11,the strength of America has always been the character and compassion of our people. So as we

mark this solemn anniversary, lets summon that spirit once more. And lets show that the sense

of common purpose that we need in America doesnt have to be a fleeting moment; it can be a

lasting virtuenot just on one day, but every day.


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Keynote Address to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association

Remarks

Daniel Baer

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

As Prepared for Delivery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August 26, 2011

Thank you very much for that introduction. I am thrilled to be here today and to get the chance to

talk with and meet so many of you.

My mom grew up here in Philadelphia so I have always felt a sense of connection to this city.And of course as a human rights guy, I feel lucky to get to give a talk here. Philly has what you

might call a strong brand; its a city of principlesof liberty and of brotherly (and sisterly)

lovecore principles that reflect some of our most sacred moral intuitions; principles thatundergird a commitment to democracy and human rights.

I want to start today by bringing you greetings from Secretary ClintonI know that you invited

hera world superstar; historic figure; longtime champion of the human rights of LGBT people.

And you got me. What can I say--these things happen. Lets make the most of it.

More seriously, I know that Secretary Clinton would have liked to have been here today because

she is deeply committed to breaking new ground in the quest for LGBT equality in her currentjob, and I know that she sees, as I do, the role that you play as journalists as critically importantto that effort. But one of the nice things about her not being here is that it gives me a chance to

brag on my boss a bit.

I was sworn in November of 2009, and from the moment I started my job, Hillary Clinton and

her chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and the team they lead at the State Department have been 110%

behind a major push to integrate the human rights of LGBT people into American foreign policy.

That Jihad Thing in what is traditionally known as the Western World becomes

by the day more like that 'Hare Khrisna' thing some were saying to easy get

chicks and throw molotov bombs against anyone who would be able to be

used in the easy-to-get-laid-with-that-girl-now-watching-this grand scheme of

theirs...

My Name is Cheney

How is Me Dick?

Babe Communista!

The Way the so called Jihadists reject the US Passport while typically in many

cases keeping the actual papers is similar to the way Some Citizens were

rejecting Rome While still indirectly enjoying benefits family oriented or others

especially in case they would be captured or killed.

From that view the Passport becomes aDiplomatic Paper that canbeTraded by those who will use the oficial identity to atack the definition

of the State.

In the Al Awlaki Case the American Identity Itself.

Should i write 'Through'?

That Policy Humans mostly develop nowadays

Looks more like a the Locust than actually a Homo Sapiens one...

We even fail being locusts...

Locusts attack a Farm live no crop and sooner or later die to be consumed by the earth or some other insect.

A So Called Global civilization is developed now that no only it will destroy the earths minerals but it will ultimately fail in

providing permanently no cost renewable energy sources so that we will stop whining on each other about how much we

need one another but we fail to satisfy the whole (our butts among them) ...

Antarctica, the Last Frontier of Man...

Poor Last Frontier...

Poor the Rest of us if that border is also breached before we become ready to figure out what we are doing here as a

species on planet earth...


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For Secretary Clinton, this is in part the continuation of a trajectory that included her being the

first First Lady to march in a Pride parade in 1999, her work on behalf of LGBT citizens of NewYork as Senator, her honest and open discussions on the campaign trail in 2008, and now her

role as Americas chief diplomat. It is also a continuation of a lifelong commitment to advance a

more inclusive idea of who countsfrom her early work as an activist for marginalized children,

to that truly epic moment when she rejected enduring efforts to put womens rights to the side,saying plainly Womens rights are human rights, and human rights are womens rights.

For a casual listener, that line can sound like just a little bit of wordplay. But its not. Its acrucial philosophical assertion. To say that womens rights are human rights and human rights

are womens rights is to put forth two important truths. First, that womens rights arent special,

or optional, or separate. Theyre human rights that attach to women because women are people.And second, is the fact that women count, that when we talk about human rights, every woman is

part of that universe of humanity to which human rights apply. Human rights belong to women,

too.

So it wasnt just an opportune echo, it was a significant advance, when last yearremarking thatshe didnt understand why it wasnt self-evident, but that ifit needed to be said, shed surely putit just as plainly as she had in Beijingshe said Gay rights are human rights and human rightsare gay rights.

The human rights of LGBT people arent special or separate or optionalthey follow from and

are part of universal commitments. And LGBT people count as people. LGBT status is irrelevant

to ones claim to human dignity. It is irrelevant ones deserving respect.

Secretary Clintons leadership has been crystal clear. And in the first two and a half years of the

Obama administration, senior officials from the State Department have engaged diplomatically

with heads of state and cabinet ministers from dozens of countries around the world on behalf ofthe human rights of LGBT people. We have reached out to encourage protection of those under

threat and investigation of hate crimes; we have won support for endorsements of the human

rights of LGBT people in international fora, including, two months ago, the first ever UNresolution supporting these rights at the Human Rights Council in GenevaI was on the Council

floor that day and it was an incredibly dramatic moment. There was no doubt that those on both

sides of the resolution understood that a tide was changing, unstoppably. We have matched ourdiplomacy with ramped up efforts to support those advocates and activists on the ground, often

in the most difficult places, to organize and advocate for LGBT equality in their communities.

Our ambassadors have publicly supported and participated in Pride celebrations. Weve stood up

a new fund that gets emergency assistance to those who are targeted for their advocacy, and weare developing programs that will help network LGBT groups on the ground and build their

capacity for advocacy, strategic litigation, and organization building. Our embassies around the

world are re-invigorating their efforts to reach out to local actors; were developing a toolkit to

help Embassy staff maximize the effectiveness of their engagement; and were continuing tobeef up our reporting in the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that my bureau,

the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor publishes each year.

Noone should Deny the Possibility of ETs

On the other hand from a Muslim Point of View how can u say to an 8 foot 6 fingered

potentially more technologically advanced creature who have colonized already 12

planets that someone called Allah is the Lord of his Worlds?

What's the Point of Creating your own Alien Culture if the Seat is already taken but u

never had the chance the last 5000 years to find someone who now screams the last 60

minutes of Interstellar time that they own the God Damn Universe!

Go Figure ET or this Human Reasoning...

Thank God i am already nuts!

Assuming that most NASA Scientists are techno freaks who

would probably throw to the trash all those SuperComputers

stop kissing the Senate's Ass for more money to ask kindly in

the name of science and knowledge all the Help and Wisdom

Mr. ET would freely provide don't u find it odd that in most

cases NASA does not directly officially confirm UFO cases the

way the public does?

Usually They Say

Sane People usually Say in Times of War "Keep US Safe from those who are Mad!"

Mad People Usually Say in Times of War "Keep US Safe from those who are

Sane!"

And I am IN- everywhere.

Friend of US, Enemy of US.

What Am I?


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I am a lucky guy. A generation ago, I couldnt have been an openly gay man in my job. Today,

not only do I get to serve in a State Department that is transformed, I get to serve under aSecretary and a President who are committed to progressive change, to amplifying the move

toward equality here at home and around the world, and to insisting that LGBT people count.

Before I came into government, I was a professor. By training Im a philosopher and politicaltheorist. So I have to be mindful of tendencies to stray into the abstract and theoretical. Most of

us grew up in history classes thatfalsely, I thinktaught us that the engine of modern historyhas been a series of contests between abstractionscontests of religion, contests between

capitalism and communism, contests between colonialism and self-determination, and so on.

Surely these contests are not meaningless fabricationsthey are lenses that help us understand

and make sense of collections of events. But the engine of history isnt ideas; its people. And inmy work as a diplomat, as I travel the world and meet with foreign leaders, human rights

activists, journalists, religious leaders, and others wherever I go, I see that without a doubt,

progressby which I mean real change on the ground for real peopledepends not on thebeauty or elegance of your ideas; progress depends on the stories you tell about people, about

their real lives, their joys, their pains, the injustices they suffer. The way that we come to knowthat dignity is something supremely valuable is that we come to know stories of people who havehad theirs violently and vulgarly denied and trampled and we know stories of those who havecourageously, against all odds, stood up to defend themselves or the dignity of others. The stories

make ideas real. The narrative precedes the analytic...

In the Post 9 11 World The Oddest Thing for a Suspected Terrorist is to Take the

Plane for Heathrow, Fly to New York & Walk on American Soil.

If Success for him means a big boom on air then either he was assimilated by

what is (Western) normality all around him or he lost his Islamic Mind

somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean.

Are u free from yourself? From Himself? From Herself? From Freedom itself?

Tyranny? How About Language? You are using English... Are u Free from

English? How About from Power? How About Weakness? How About

Madness? How About Reason? How About Common Sense? If u do not need

any of that what are we talking about ? Are you free from the Internet? How

many times are u logging in? What is Freedom? Do free people need to define

that to those who r not all the fucking time? Am I Free From You Slave?


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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

August 27, 2011

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