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Working americans again. [ cheers and applause ] thats all i care about. i dont have another election. [ applause ] ill tell you, galesburg, thats where i believe america needs to go. i believe thats where the american people want to go. it may seem hard today, but if were willing to take a few bold steps, if washington will just shake off its complacency and set aside the kind of slash and burn partisanship that weve just seen for way too long, we just make some common sense decisions, our econ...

Civilian and military leadership. calling the episode a national disaster. it appears to be a story of complacency, ignorance, negligence, incompetence and irresponsibility and possibly worse. >> the report shows that the civilian and military authorities were asleep at the wheel. they failed to do their duty, failed to coordinate against the militants and the terrorists inside their own country. >> reporter: michael leiter, then national counterterrorism director was in the situation room the n...

Supreme leader. he is very extremist. he has want come back on his threats or his plans. thfer, i would be very weary of the world being lulled into complacency by the talk of the president of iran. he has proved that he can talk the talk. now lets see if he can walk the walk. but he shouldnt be allowed much time to do that. >> jamie: its been a very short time after the election there. but the fact that we wont have ahmadinejad to deal with in that capacity right now, any change -- any benefit ...

That lulls able-bodied people into lives of dependency and complacency. that drains them of their will and their incentive to make the most of their lives." thats what this battle really felt like this week. not about farmers. and not about whether or not we should help people who need food programs. >> exactly. it was a continuation of the war on the poor and the 47%. you know, however you want to look at it. seems like republicans in congress have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the s.n...

Degrees or become doctors, they will not be let in. not you, sean, television host, look, this isnt a done deal now, and i think a lot of people are being led into complacency by some tv host, saying, oh, yeah, this is going to pass, become law. and the calls are coming in and they are all on one side of the issue, and didnt hear anything that my favorite congressman steve king said, totally leading the way on this, but i hope it is, and people when they call their senator should know this, or m...

No visits to fallout shelters. and sometimes there could be a sense that the great challenges have somehow passed. that brings with it a temptation to turn inward. to think of our own pursuits and not the sweep of history. to believe that weve settled historys accounts. that we can simply enjoy the fruits won by our forbearers. but i come here today, berlin, to say complacency is not the character of great nations. todays threats are not a s stak as they were half a century ago but the struggle ...

Because corrupt dictatorships gave way to new democracies. because millions across this continent now breathe the fresh air of freedom we can say here in berlin, here in europe, our values won. openness won. tolerance won and freedom won. here in berlin. and yet more than two decades after that triumph, we must acknowledge that there can at times be a complacency among our western democracies. today people often come together in places like this to remember history, not to make it. after all, we...

There are no tanks poised across the border. there are no visits to fallout shelters. so sometimes there can be a sense that the great challenges have somehow passed. that brings with it a temptation to turn inward, to think our own pursuits and not the sweep of history. to believe that we settled historys accounts. that we can simply enjoy the fruits won by our forbearers. i come here today to berlin to say complacency is not the character of great nations. todays threats are not as stark as th...

And because courageous crowds climbed atop that wall, because corrupt dictatorships gave way to new democracies, because millions across this continent down breathe the fresh air of freedom, we can say here in berlin, here in europe, our values won, openness won, tolerance won and freedom won, here in berlin. and yet more than two decades after that triumph we must acknowledge that there can at times be a complacency among our western democracies. today people often come together in places like ...

>> you called it the encyclopedia of speeches. >> he covered everything from aids and gitmo to drones and nuclear weapons. i do ink this the call for -- negotiated reduction with russia in nuclear weapons is the news lead but im surprised he didnt spend more time talking about it. if you launch an effort, you need to focus on it. >> complacency is not the character of great nations. >> a call to action for the young folks in audience. you heard him mention rights for gays and lesbians which i th...