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April 27, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA HONORING THE 2008-2009 NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WHITE HOUSE [South Portico] 2:20 P.M. EDT Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat -- except you guys. You guys can't sit. (Laughter.) It is just wonderful to be here on this beautiful day. Congratulations to Coach Geno on just the incredible season that took place as a consequence of these extraordinary young women. I want to just say it is a thrill. This is one of my favorite things about the job. I am a big fan. I want to congratulate everybody who runs the UCONN program -- from the assistants to the trainers, to the students to the ticket-takers, and of course, the UCONN fans everywhere -- you should all be extraordinarily proud. And I want to thank again Coach, and his wife Kathy, for being here. Congratulations also on being Coach of the Year -- although when you're winning by an average of 30 points, it's not that hard of a selection to make. (Laughter.) And we are thrilled that you're going to be coaching the Women's Basketball team in the 2012 Olympics. You're going to do a great job. (Applause.) Under Coach Auriemma's leadership, this Huskies program has redefined excellence again and again: Six of the last 15 NCAA Titles, five undefeated regular seasons, three undefeated championship seasons, two 39-0 seasons. But for this team, an undefeated season just wasn't enough -- they became the first team in NCAA history, men or women's, to win every single game by double digits, which is just an unbelievable, unbelievable statistic. (Applause.) I want to congratulate also Maya, who is here -- Maya Moore -- there you are. Raise your hand. Naismith Award, National Player of the Year, and an equally impressive achievement -- Maya was one of only five players chosen nationwide as first-team Academic All-American. So give it up for Maya. (Applause.) Renee Montgomery -- where's Renee? There you are, Renee, holding the ball -- for winning the Honda Sports Award that recognizes the top women's player in the country not just for athletics, but also academics, leadership, and willingness to give back to her community; and to all the players who make a true team. It's clear these women have a competitive streak -- from what I understand, they have trouble sometimes turning off that competitive streak. I've heard that "Movie Pictionary" gets pretty fierce among the women here. (Laughter.) But Coach Geno and each of these women also understands that being champion doesn't stop when you step off the court. Just last week, these ladies were recognized by the NCAA for top academic performance as a team. And over the course of 24 seasons, Coach Auriemma's teams have a 100-percent graduation rate. That is worthy of some applause. (Applause.) They also spend time off the court in service to others. "Geno's Cancer Team" -- and I'm wearing a bracelet that I just got, right here, I want to show it off -- raises money to fight cancer. And these young women visit pediatric patients, mentor at-risk youth to show they can make something of themselves, and give their time to folks in the communities who need it most. All of this makes the Storrs community stronger; it makes the state of Connecticut stronger; it makes our country stronger -- and I know this team gets a lot out of it in return. I also want to say something as a father. You know, it was this program in the mid-1990s as much as anything that helped propel women's basketball into the national consciousness. And thanks to players like each of these women and those who came before them, our young women today look at themselves differently, especially tall young women, like my daughters. My girls look at the TV when I'm watching Sports Center and they see women staring back. That shows them that they can be champions, too. And so, as a father, I want to thank all of you. Thank you to all the NCAA female athletes who work hard day in, day out to set a positive example to which our daughters can all aspire -- to be healthy and active, to be part of a team. Finally, I understand that Coach Auriemma has promised to go 40-0 next season. (Laughter.) So, Coach, if that happens, I guarantee you that you will be welcome back at the White House. (Laughter.) All right, give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) END 2:27 P.M. EDT

President Obama Renews Focuse on Americans in Need

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

President Barack Obama reads a document following a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office.

White House Photo by Pete Souza, Sept. 27, 2010.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

President Barack Obama answers questions on his framework for compromise on tax cuts, unemployment insurance and job creation.

White House Photography by Pete Souza, December 7, 2010

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"Under the criteria that you just set out, each of those were betrayals of some abstract ideal. This country was founded on compromise. I couldn’t go through the front door at this country’s founding. And if we were really thinking about ideal positions, we wouldn’t have a union.

So my job is to make sure that we have a North Star out there. What is helping the American people live out their lives? What is giving them more opportunity? What is growing the economy? What is making us more competitive? And at any given juncture, there are going to be times where my preferred option, what I am absolutely positive is right, I can’t get done.

And so then my question is, does it make sense for me to tack a little bit this way or tack a little bit that way, because I’m keeping my eye on the long term and the long fight -- not my day-to-day news cycle, but where am I going over the long term?"

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"PRESIDENT OBAMA RENEWS FOCUS ON AMERICANS"
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WASHINGTON, DC- As President Barack Obama acts to save the American economy and American people from bankruptcy, he has in affect acted to save the legacy of his presidency. President Obama inherited a 1.3 trillion dollar deficit, soaring unemployment, rapidly increasing under-employment, tax benefits for the very-wealthy and core values that included blocking the political success of ones opponent even if the opponent is the President of the United States of America. Meanwhile the U.S. Federal Government has not been able to pay its bills for years and continues to borrow. But what would you do if millions of people were facing extreme-poverty if you did not borrow more money? Threatening to support stark-poverty for millions of people during winter time is political malpractice. Yet at some level, stark-poverty for millions of people is an option that President Obama was facing, while others negotiated for the wealthy.

But President Obama's depth of consciousness enabled him to do what few other U.S. Presidents have recently done, which is to act on behalf of the American people without support from the leadership of either party. There President Obama stood, today, before a room full of seasoned press who strategically don’t understand why he had capitulated to Republicans. Meanwhile, disillusioned and anger Democratic Congressional leaders declare their unwillingness to support President Obama’s decision and gleeful Republican congressional leaders believe they are in control of the U.S. Presidency.

But there is a lot in what President Obama said today.

President Obama said, “I couldn’t go through the front door at this country’s founding. And if we were really thinking about ideal positions, we wouldn’t have a union.”

Of course, there is the obvious concept that, “This country was founded on compromise.” However, President Obama brings to the U.S. presidency a unique perspective of understanding. There was a time when he would not have been allowed to enter the front door of the White House in Washington, DC. So President Obama’s unique awareness of how to operate within the context of controlling people will help define his legacy as president of the United States of America.

There have been great presidents throughout the history of the United States of America, but none that have been able to relate to being locked out of congressional participation and presidential power and the American workforce. The fortunate thing is that President Obama does not back-away from “wealthy American hostage-takers” with an appetite for more wealth at the expense of everyone else. Today was a day when Americans saw a President negotiate for the good of all.

For President Obama, it is simply unacceptable for him to stand and do nothing as Washington politicians continue wrangling on Capitol Hill. One must remember that President Obama is the president of the wealthiest Americans and the poorest Americans. He is a patient pragmatist with enduring faith in a God-given vision of America. Pragmatism and an understanding about negotiation have positioned President Obama where he is. Pragmatism and enduring faith to get particular things done on earth over a long-term period of time will likely increase his chances of winning a second term in office as President of the United States of America.

At many points in his life and that of Vice President Joe Biden, not being able to pay bills or receive entitlements because of life and living factors was real. Life and living factors arise even when a person has done, seemingly, everything correct. Life and living factors also arise when a person has done things wrong. Human leaders are given repeated givens opportunities to off-set detrimental life and living factors. President Barack Obama’s willingness to save the American economy and American people from bankruptcy has in affect saved the legacy of his presidency.

In the United States of America, detrimental life and living factors have, customarily, been allowed to advance the wealth of people and American society. But, fortunately the best of American culture fights against the detriments of life and living. Today, President Obama saved his presidency from bankruptcy and ruin. He utilized the courage of his convictions to fight for the powerless. It was the right thing to do.

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U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & WOMAN

President Barack Obama greets a woman in the audience after speaking at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

White House Photo by Pete Souza, October 31, 2010

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

President Barack Obama talks with instructors and students during a tour of the biotech facilities at Forsyth Technical College in Winston-Salem, N.C.
White House Photo by Samantha Appleton, December 6, 2010

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy following a tour of Forsyth Technical College in Winston-Salem, N.C..
White House Photography by Samantha Appleton, December 6, 2010.

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS:

"This country was founded on compromise. I couldn’t go through the front door at this country’s founding. And if we were really thinking about ideal positions, we wouldn’t have a union."
                                                               PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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December 3, 2010

THE U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

TO PRESS

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:

"Jonathan Weisman, last question."

QUESTION from JONATHAN WEISMAN:
"Some on the left have questioned -- have looked at this deal and questioned what your core values are, what specifically you will go to the mat on. I’m wondering if you can reassure them with some specific things in saying, all right, this is where I don’t budge. And along those lines, what’s going to be different in 2012, when all these tax cuts again are up for expiration?"

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
"Well, what’s going to be different in 2012 we’ve just discussed, which is we will have had two years to discuss the budget -- not in the abstract, but in concrete terms. Over the last two years, the Republicans have had the benefit of watching us take all these emergency actions, having us preside over a $1.3 trillion deficit that we inherited and just pointing fingers and saying, that’s their problem.
Well, over the next two years, they’re going to have to show me what it is that they think they can do. And I think it becomes pretty clear, after you go through the budget line by line, that if in fact they want to pay for $700 billion worth of tax breaks to wealthy individuals, that that’s a lot of money and that the cuts -- corresponding cuts that would have to be made are very painful. So either they rethink their position, or I don’t think they’re going to do very well in 2012. So that’s on the first point.
With respect to the bottom line in terms of what my core principles are --"

QUESTION from JONATHAN WEISMAN:
"Where is your line in the sand?"

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
"Well, look, I’ve got a whole bunch of lines in the sand. Not making the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent -- that was a line in the sand. Making sure that the things that most impact middle-class families and low-income families, that those were preserved -- that was a line in the sand. I would not have agreed to a deal, which, by the way, some in Congress were talking about, of just a two-year extension on the Bush tax cuts and one year of unemployment insurance, but meanwhile all the other provisions, the Earned Income Tax Credit or other important breaks for middle-class families like the college tax credit, that those had gone away just because they had Obama’s name attached to them instead of Bush’s name attached to them.
So this notion that somehow we are willing to compromise too much reminds me of the debate that we had during health care. This is the public option debate all over again. So I pass a signature piece of legislation where we finally get health care for all Americans, something that Democrats had been fighting for for a hundred years, but because there was a provision in there that they didn’t get that would have affected maybe a couple of million people, even though we got health insurance for 30 million people and the potential for lower     premiums for 100 million people, that somehow that was a sign of weakness and compromise.
Now, if that’s the standard by which we are measuring success or core principles, then let’s face it, we will never get anything done. People will have the satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the American people. And we will be able to feel good about ourselves and sanctimonious about how pure our intentions are and how tough we are, and in the meantime, the American people are still seeing themselves not able to get health insurance because of preexisting conditions or not being able to pay their bills because their unemployment insurance ran out.
That can’t be the measure of how we think about our public service. That can’t be the measure of what it means to be a Democrat. This is a big, diverse country. Not everybody agrees with us. I know that shocks people. The New York Times editorial page does not permeate across all of America. Neither does The Wall Street Journal editorial page. Most Americans, they’re just trying to figure out how to go about their lives and how can we make sure that our elected officials are looking out for us. And that means because it’s a big, diverse country and people have a lot of complicated positions, it means that in order to get stuff done, we’re going to compromise. This is why FDR, when he started Social Security, it only affected widows and orphans. You did not qualify. And yet now it is something that really helps a lot of people. When Medicare was started, it was a small program. It grew.
Under the criteria that you just set out, each of those were betrayals of some abstract ideal. This country was founded on compromise. I couldn’t go through the front door at this country’s founding. And if we were really thinking about ideal positions, we wouldn’t have a union.
So my job is to make sure that we have a North Star out there. What is helping the American people live out their lives? What is giving them more opportunity? What is growing the economy? What is making us more competitive? And at any given juncture, there are going to be times where my preferred option, what I am absolutely positive is right, I can’t get done.
And so then my question is, does it make sense for me to tack a little bit this way or tack a little bit that way, because I’m keeping my eye on the long term and the long fight -- not my day-to-day news cycle, but where am I going over the long term?
And I don’t think there’s a single Democrat out there, who if they looked at where we started when I came into office and look at where we are now, would say that somehow we have not moved in the direction that I promised.
Take a tally. Look at what I promised during the campaign. There’s not a single thing that I’ve said that I would do that I have not either done or tried to do. And if I haven’t gotten it done yet, I’m still trying to do it.
And so the -- to my Democratic friends, what I’d suggest is, let’s make sure that we understand this is a long game. This is not a short game. And to my Republican friends, I would suggest -- I think this is a good agreement, because I know that they’re swallowing some things that they don’t like as well, and I’m looking forward to seeing them on the field of competition over the next two years."

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U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

President Barack Obama listens, during a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Situation Room of the White House.
White House Photo by Pete Souza, April 16, 2010.

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