President Barck Obama Speaks at Hankuk University (English Subtitles)

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to President Barack
faculty a staff and students
thank you so much for this very warm all it is a great honour
to be here at 100 University up porn studies
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I know that the school has one of the world's finest
foreign language programs which means that your English is much better than my
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all I can say is
now this is my third visit to the Republic
up Korea as president I've not been to solve more times than any other capital
except for Washington DC
a force and this reflects the extraordinary bombs
between our two countries and our commitment to each other
I'm pleased that we're joined by so many
leaders here today Koreans and americus well keep us free
and strong and prosperous every day
and that includes our first korean-american ambassador to the
Republic of Korea
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i've seen the deep connections
between our peoples in my own life month friends
and colleagues I've seen it in so many patriotic
korean-americans including a man born in this city of seoul who came to America
and has dedicated his life to lifting up the poor and sick leave the world in
last week I was proud to nominate him
to leave the World Bank doctor jim known p.m.

I've also seen the bombs

in our men and women in uniform like the American and Korean troops Ibiza
yesterday along

the DMZ freedom's frontier. and we salute their service

and a very grateful for them we honor all those who have given their
lives in our defense including the 46 brave souls who perished

aboard the drone on two years ago today and in their memory we reaffirm

the enduring promise at the core of our lives we stand together

and the commitment of the united states to the defense

and the security of the Republic of Korea will never waver

most of all I see the strength of our alliance

in olive you for decades

this school has produced leaders public servants

diplomats businesspeople

who helped propel the modern miracle that his career

transforming it from crushing poverty

to one of the world's most dynamic economics from authoritarianism

to a thriving democracy from a country focused inward

to a leader for security and prosperity not only in this region

but also around the world a truly global

career so to all the students here today

this is the career your generation

well in here and I believe there is no limits to what

our two nations can achieve together for like your parents

and grandparents before you you know

that the future is what we make up and you know that in our digital age we can

connect

and innovate across borders like never before

with your smart homes and Twitter me today

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it's no wonder so many people around the world have caught the Korean wave
or consider this a

in advance of my visit our embassy invited koreans to send us

your questions using social media so you may have some questions

and they call that a

ask President Obama now 10

you maybe was you maybe somebody else this is true

asked this question have you posted yourself

a supportive opinion on a website under disguise name pretending you are one of

the supported the president Obama

I hadn't thought about us

but the truth is I have not done this

maybe my daughter said but I haven't done that myself

so our shared future

and the unprecedented opportunity to meet shared challenges together

is what brings me to seoul over the next two days

under president Lee's leadership will move ahead with the urgent work

up preventing nuclear terrorism by securing the world's

nuclear materials this is

an important part the broader comprehensive agenda

but i wanna talk with you about today

our vision of a world without

nuclear weapons three years ago

I travel to prop and I declared America's commitment to stopping the

spread of nuclear weapons

and to seeking your world without the I said I knew that this

ball would not be reached quickly perhaps not in my lifetime

but I knew we had to begin with concrete steps

and in your Generac I see the spirit we need in this

end up on optimism that beats in the hearts of so many young people around

the world

if that refusal to accept the world as it is

the imagination to see the world

as it ought to be and the courage to turn that vision into reality

so today with you I wanna take stock

a far journey and charter next steps here in seoul

more than 50 nations will mark our progress toward the goal we sat at the

summit I hosted two years ago in washington securing the world's mobile

nuclear materials

in four years so that they never fall into the hands of terrorists

and since then nations

including the United States have boasted security at nuclear facilities

South Korea Japan Pakistan

and others are building new centers to improve nuclear security and training

nations like objects up

have moved nuclear materials to more secure locations

Mexico and just yesterday ukraine

have joined the ranks of nations that are removed

all the highly enriched uranium from their territory

all told thousands of pounds nuclear material have been removed from

vulnerable sites around the world

this was deadly material that is now secure

and can now never be used against a city like Saul

roads are using every tool at our disposal to break up black markets

nuclear mature country like Georgia and Moldova

all have seized highly-enriched uranium from smugglers

countries like Jordan are building their own countered smuggling teams

and we're tying them together in a global network of intelligence and law

enforcement

nearly 20 nations now ratified the treaty is an international partnerships

that are at the center of our efforts

and I should add that with the death of Osama bin one and the major blows

we struck against al Qaeda a terrorist organization that is actively sought

nuclear weapons is now on the path to defeat

so in short the international community

has made it harder than ever for terrorist 2 o'clock acquire nuclear

weapons

and that has made us all sake

we're building an international architecture

that can ensure nuclear sector

but we're under no illusions we know the nuclear material

enough for many weapons is still being stored without adequate protection
and we know the terrorist and criminal gangs are still trying to get their

hands on

as well as radioactive material for a dirty bomb

we know that just the smallest amount of plutonium but the size

up an apple could kill hundreds of thousands

and spark a global crisis

the danger of nuclear terrorism remains one of the greatest

threats to global security

and that's why here in seoul we need to keep at and I believe we will

were expecting dozens of nations to announce over the next several days but

they fulfill the promises they made

two years ago and we're now expecting more commitments

tangible concrete action to secure nuclear materials

and in some cases remove them completely

this is the serious sustained global effort the weenie

and it's an example a more nations bearing the responsibility

and the cost a meeting local challenges

this is how the international community should work in the 21st century

and Korea is one of the key leaders in this process

the United States will continue to do our part

securing our own material and helping others protectors

we're moving forward with Russia to eliminate enough plutonium for about

17,000 nuclear weapons

and turnip instead into electricity

I can announce today a new agreement by the united states and several european

partners

towards sustaining the supply of medical isotopes that

are used to treat cancer and heart disease without the use of highly

enriched uranium

and we will work with industry and hospitals and research centers

in the United States and around the world to recover thousands upon needed

radiological materials

so that they can never do us harm

now american leadership has been a central to progress in a secondary

taking concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons

as a party to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

this is our obligation that's one that I take very seriously

but I believe the United States has a unique responsibility to act

indeed we have a moral responsibility a shit

I say this as president of the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons

I say it is a commander in chief who knows that our nuclear codes

are never far from my side

most of all I said is a Paul once my two young daughters to grow up in a world

where

everything they know and love can't be instantly

wiped up

over the past three years we've made important progress

with Russia were now reducing our arsenal under the new Star Trek

the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly

twenty years and when we're done

we will have cut American and Russian deployed nuclear warheads

to their lowest level since the 1950s

as president i James our nuclear posture

to reduce the number and role of nuclear weapons in our national security

strategy

I made it clear that the United States will not develop new

nuclear warheads and we will not pursue

new military missions for nuclear weapons

we've narrowed the range of contingencies under which we would ever

use or threaten to use

nuclear weapons at the same time I made it clear that so long as nuclear weapons

exist

will work with our congress to maintain a safe secure and effective Arsenal

that guarantees the defense not only the United States but also relies

including South Korea and Japan

my administration's Nuclear Posture recognizes that the massive nuclear

arsenal we inherited from the cold war

is poorly suited to today's threats

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including nuclear terrorist last summer I
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directed my national security team to conduct a comprehensive study
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%uh our nuclear force
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that study is still underway but even as we
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have more work to do we can already say with confidence
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that we have more nuclear weapons then we need
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even after new start the United States will still have more than
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1500 deployed nuclear weapons and some five thousand warheads
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I firmly believe that we can ensure the security of the United States and our
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allies
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maintain a strong to turn against any threat
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and still pursue further reductions in our nuclear arsenal
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going forward will continue to seek discussions with Russian
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on a step we have never taken before reducing not only
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our strategic nuclear warheads but also tactical weapons and warheads in reserve
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I look forward to discussing this agenda with president clinton when we will
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me to make a missile defense will be on the agenda
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but I believe this should be an area of cooperation not touch
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and I'm confident that working together we can continue to make progress
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and reduce our nuclear stockpiles
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course will consult closely with our allies every step of the way
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because the security and offensive our allies both in Europe and Asia
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is not negotiable
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here in Asia we've urge China with its growing nuclear arsenal
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to join us in a dialogue on nuclear issues
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met offer remains open more broadly my administration will continue to pursue
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ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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and after years a delight it's time to find a path forward
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on a new treaty verifiably ends the production of fissile materials
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for nuclear weapons ends at once and for all
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by working to meet our responsibilities as a nuclear power
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we made progress in a third
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strengthening global regime that prevents the spread of nuclear weapons
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when I came in office the cornerstone of the world effort
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which is the nuclear non-proliferation 3
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what spring ronit started spinning thousands of centrifuges
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north korea conducted another nuclear test
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and the international community was largely divided on how to respond
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over the past three years we have begun to reverse that dynamic
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working with others we've enhanced the Global Partnership that prevent
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proliferation
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the International Atomic Energy Agency is now conducting the strongest
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inspections ever
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and we've upheld the basic bargain up the MPT
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countries with nuclear weapons like the United States
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and Russian will move towards disarmament
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countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire the
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and all countries can have access to peaceful nuclear energy
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because of these efforts the international community
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is more united and nations that attempted
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to while their obligations are more isolated
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of course that includes north korea
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here in Korea I want to speak directly to the you leaders a
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in Pyongyang
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the United States has no hostile intent
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for your country
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we are committed to peace
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and we are prepared to take steps to improve relations
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which is why we have offered nutrition weight to north korea mothers
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and chilled
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but by now it should be clear
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your provocations and pursued nuclear weapons
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have not achieved the security you seek may have undermined
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instead of the dignity you desire your more isolated
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instead of turning the respect to the world you've been met with strong
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sanctions
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and condemnation
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you can continue down the road you were all
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we know where that leads
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at least two more the same more broken dreams more isolation
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ever more distance between the people in North Korea and the dignity and the
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opportunity that they deserve
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know this there will be no rewards for provocations
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those days are all
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two leaders appear on him I say this is
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the choice before is the decision that you must make
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today we say Pyongyang have the courage to pursue peace
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and give a better life to the people up north korea
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the same principle applies
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with respect to Iran under the npt
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iran has the right the peaceful nuclear energy in fact I'm again the
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international community and
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including the United States has offered to help Iran
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develop nuclear energy peacefully but I'm again ron has refused
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instead taking the path of denial the seat
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and to suck med is why
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Iran also stanzel is the only member of the NPT
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unable to convince the international community that its nuclear program is
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for peaceful purposes
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the only member that's why the world has imposed
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unprecedented sanctions slowing Iran's nuclear program the international
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community is now poised to enter talks
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with Iran's leaders once again there is the possibility
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up a diplomatic resolution but gives Ron access to peaceful nuclear energy while
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addressing
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the concerns of the international community today I'll meet with the
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leaders a Russian and China
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as we work to achieve a resolution in which Ron Paul pills
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its obligations there's time to solve this diplomatic it is always my
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preference
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to solve these issues diplomatic but I'm a short
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runs leaders must understand
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Bay to face a choice run most act with the seriousness
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and sense of urgency that this moment demands Iran
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must meet its obligations from the global response to Iran and North
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Korea's intransigence
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a new international norm is emerging treaties are binding rules will be
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enforced
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and violations will have consequences
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we refuse to consign ourselves to a future where more and more machines
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process
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the world's most deadly weapons
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and this brings me to the final area where we've made progress renewed
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commitment
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to harnessing the power of the atom not for war but for peaceful purposes
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after the tragedy it
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Fukushima it was right and appropriate the nation's moved to improve the safety
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and security of nuclear facilities
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we're doing so in the United States it's taking place
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all across the world as we do
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let's never forget the astonishing benefits the nuclear technology has
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brought
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to our lives nuclear technology helps make our food safe that prevents
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disease in the developing world it's the high-tech medicine the treats cancer
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finds new cures and of course
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it's the energy the clean energy that helps cut
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the carbon pollution that contributes to climate change here in South Korea's you
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know
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as a leader
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in nuclear energy you've shown the progress
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and prosperity that can be achieved when nations embrace
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peaceful nuclear energy and reject the development of nuclear arms
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and with rising oil prices
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and a warming climate nuclear energy will only become more important
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and that's why the United States we've
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restarted our nuclear industry is part of a comprehensive strategy to develop
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every energy source we supported the first new nuclear power plant in three
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decades
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we're investing in innovative technology so we can build the next generation of
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safe clean nuclear power plants
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and we're training the next generation of scientists and engineers we're going
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to unlock new technologies to carry us forward
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what a great challenges they'll face
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i met your generation will face is
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the fuel cycle itself in producing nuclear energy
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we all know the problem all the very process the gives us nuclear energy can
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also
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what nations and terrorists within the reach
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up nuclear weapons we simply can't go on accumulating huge amounts and very
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material like separated plutonium
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we're trying to keep away from terrace and that's why we're creating
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new fuel banks to help countries realize the energy they seek
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without increasing the nuclear dangers that we fear
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that's why I called for a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation
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we need an international commitment done walking the fuel cycle
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a future in the United States we're investing in research and development of
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new fuel cycles
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so that dangerous materials can be stolen or diverted
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and today I urge nations to join us signup you sure where we harness the
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awesome power of the atom
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to build not to destroy
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in this sense we see how the efforts are described today reinforce each other
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when we enhance nuclear security more in a stronger position to harness
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say clean nuclear energy
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when we develop new safer approach is to nuclear energy
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we reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism and proliferation
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when nations including my own fulfill our responsibilities
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it strengthens our ability to ensure that other nations fulfill
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their responsibilities and step-by-step
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we come closer to the security and peace a world without
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nuclear weapons
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I know that the there are those who deride our vision
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there are those who say ours is an impossible goal
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that will be forever out average
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but to anyone who doubts the great progress that is possible
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I tell them come to Korea
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come to this country which rose from the ashes of war
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a country that rose from the ashes a war
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turning rebel into gleaming cities stand Western yesterday along
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a border that is the world's clearest contrast between
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a country committed the progress a country committed to its people
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in a country that leaves its own citizens the star
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come to this
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great university were new generation is taking its place in the world
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helping to create opportunities for your parents and grandparents good only a mat
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come and see some of the greatest individual to join us today
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men and women young and old born in the north
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but who left all they knew behind and risked their lives to find freedom an
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opportunity here in the south in your life stories
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we see the true Koreans are one people and have just given the chance
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given their freedom Koreans in the north are capable
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a great progress as well now looking out
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looking out across the BMC yesterday but also looking into
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your eyes today I'm reminded of another country's
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experience that speaks to the change that is possible
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in our world after a terrible war
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a proud people was divided across a fortified border army is massed ready
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for war
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for decades it was hard to imagine
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a different future but the forces of history and hopes
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up man could not be denied and today the people of Germany all hola get
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United and free no two places follow the same path
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but this much is true the currents of history cannot be held back forever
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the deep longing for freedom
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and dignity will not go away
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so too on this divided Peninsula
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today all Koreans yearn for
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will not come easily or without great sacrifice
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but make no mistake it will cop and when it does
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when it does change while on hold that once
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seemed impossible and checkpoints will open
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and watch towers will stand empty and families long separated will finally be
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reunited
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the Korean people at long last will be whole and free
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like our vision
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a world without nuclear weapons our vision to create that stands as one
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may not be reached quickly but
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from this day until that and all the day's the Paul
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we take comfort in knowing that the security we seek
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the peace we want is closer at hand because of the great alliance between
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the United States
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and the Republic of Korea
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and because we stand for the dignity and freedom
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all Koreans
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no matter the test no matter the trial
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we stand together we work together we go together
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not take up to back home I
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the
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