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Obama, Barack - President
Good morning, everybody. In times of great challenge in our country and around the world, Americans have always come together to lend a hand and to... |
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Obama, Barack - President
At this moment, we're moving forward with one of the largest relief efforts in our history -- to save lives and to deliver relief that averts an even... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We just met in the Oval Office -- an office they both know well. And I'm pleased that President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton have agreed... |
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Obama, Barack - President
This is a model that works. After the terrible tsunami in Asia, President Bush turned to President Clinton and the first President Bush to lead a similar... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Every day that goes by, we learn more about the horrifying scope of this catastrophe -- destruction and suffering that defies comprehension. Entire... |
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Obama, Barack - President
It will be difficult. It is an enormous challenge to distribute this aid quickly and safely in a place that has suffered such destruction. That's... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And Secretary Hillary Clinton will be in Haiti today to meet with President Préval and continue our close coordination with his government. But we... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Here at home, Presidents Bush and Clinton will help the American people to do their part, because responding to a disaster must be the work of all of... |
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Obama, Barack - President
As the scope of the destruction became apparent, I spoke to each of these gentlemen, and they each asked the same simple question: How can I help?... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We're fortunate to have the service of these two leaders. President Bush led America's response to the Asian tsunami, aid and relief that prevented... |
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Obama, Barack - President
As President, Bill Clinton helped restore democracy in Haiti. As a private citizen, he has helped to save the lives of millions of people around the... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And by coming together in this way, these two leaders send an unmistakable message to the people of Haiti and to the people of the world: In these... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Yesterday we witnessed a small but remarkable display of that determination -- some of you may have seen it -- Haitians with little more than the clothes... |
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Obama, Barack - President
These are the people we're called upon to help. Those are the hopes that we're committed to answering. That's why the three of us are standing together... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
I join President Obama in expressing my sympathy for the people of Haiti. I commend the President for his swift and timely response to the disaster.... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
Like most Americans, Laura and I have been following the television coverage from Haiti. Our hearts are broken when we see the scenes of little children... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
The challenges down there are immense, but there's a lot of devoted people leading the relief effort, from government personnel who deployed into the... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
The most effective way for Americans to help the people of Haiti is to contribute money. That money will go to organizations on the ground and will... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
The Haitian people have got a tough journey, yet it's amazing how terrible tragedies can bring out the best of the human spirit. We've all seen that... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
Toward the end of my presidency, Laura made a trip down to Haiti to look at the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief programs down there. I remember clearly... |
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Bush, George W. - President, [R] United States
So the people of Haiti will recovery and rebuild, and as they do they know they'll have a friend in the United States of America. Mr. President, thank... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
First, I want to thank President Obama for asking President Bush and me to do this, and for what I believe has been a truly extraordinary response on... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
Secondly, I'd like to thank President Bush for agreeing to do this, and for the concern he showed for Haiti. Before this happened, my foundation worked... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
Finally, let me say that -- I don't have to read the Web site because they did -- but I want to say something about this. Right now all we need to... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
And we want to stay with this over the long run. My job with the U.N. basically is not at all in conflict with this because I'm sort of the outside... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
I believe before this earthquake Haiti had the best chance in my lifetime to escape its history -- a history that Hillary and I have shared a tiny part... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
So I'm just grateful that President Bush wants to help, and I've already figured out how I can get him to do some things that he didn't sign on for.... |
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Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
Again, I have no words to say what I feel like. When you -- I was in those hotels that collapsed. I had meals with people who are dead. The cathedral... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Well, these gentlemen are going to do an extraordinary job, but really what they're going to be doing is just tapping into the incredible generosity,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I want to make sure that everybody got that Web site one more time. Obviously we're just standing it up, but it will immediately give people a means... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And I just want to amplify one thing that was said. We were talking in the back. In any extraordinary catastrophe like this, the first several weeks... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I've been in contact with President Préval. I've been talking to the folks on the ground. We are going to be making slow and steady progress, and... |
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Obama, Barack - President
But what these gentlemen are going to be able to do is when the news media starts seeing its attention drift to other things but there's still enormous... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Thank you, gentlemen. |