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To score. >> reporter: batarfi says the teenage osama would usually take the high road. he remembers the time his friend was being bullied. >> so i went running to the guy and pushed him away from osama. and solve problem this way. but then osama came to me and said, you know if you waited a few minutes, i would have solved the problem peacefully. so this was the kind of guy who would always think of solving problems peacefully. >> reporter: while batarfi took the lead on the playing field, when...

But then osama came to me and said, you know, if you would have waited a few minutes, i would have solved the problem peacefully. so this was the kind of guy who would always think of solving problems peacefully. >> reporter: while batarfi took the lead on the playing field, when it came to religion, there was no question, osama was in charge. >> thats the mosque we used to pray in, yes, yes. >> reporter: five times every day, devout muslims turn towards the holy city of mecca, to pray. osama wa...

I enjoyed being a captain, really, and telling people what to do. >> reporter: on the soccer field batarfi was the leader. osama, the follower. >> but i would tell him what to do, and he was a good soldier. he would follow orders. usually because he was taller than most of us and older, he would play in the front, because this way, he could use his head to, you know, score. >> reporter: batarfi says the teenage osama would usually take the high road. he remembers a time his friend was being bull...

Compromise? >> the goal needs to be solving problems. that is real where i where we are in this country right now. i do think that people feel very disenfranchised right now about their leaders. we in washington have been elected at a time where there are serious challenges to face in this country. it is going to take cooperation. it will take all of us coming together and deciding we are going to take the necessary steps to make the tough decisions so that we can see a broiter future. that is w...

Say if i was a cartoon. but somehow we or you continue to solve the worlds problems. and thats my point. if not for the ingenuity of the giants who like solving problems, i would be nowhere. dopes like me can exploit our resources because you the smart guy or the gal always finds new things to exploit. human creativity is relentless so no matter the challenge we are better than before. wherever creativity is stifled by beurocracy, people suffer and teachers unions break out. the humans who want ...

There are times where some of you may have said, you know, i dont know what obamas doing there. there are times where you lose hope. times when folks in washington focus on scoring points instead of solving problems. and some of you may just put up your hands and say, politics is too tough. in those moments when we start asking ourselves, if complaining is possible. you have to remember what weve done together over the past few years. >> here the president is saying, there are times some of you ...

Dont know what obamas doing there. there are times where you lose hope. times when folks in washington focus on scoring points instead of solving problems. and some of you may just put up your hands and say, politics is too tough. in those moments when we start asking ourselves, if complaining is possible. you have to remember what weve done together over the past few years. >> here the president is saying, there are times some of you are thinking, i dont know what obamas doing there. hes trying...

Seem painfully slow to come by. there are times where some of you may have said, you know, i dont know what obamas doing there. there are times where you lose hope. times when folks in washington focus on scoring points instead of solving problems. and some of you may just put up your hands and say, politics is too tough. in those moments when we start asking ourselves, if complaining is possible. you have to remember what weve done together over the past few years. >> here the president is sayi...

The way we should, instead of saying yes, they are saying what they are going to do is pass what they will call another short-term stopgap measure. they will say its short-term. what that really means, its a shortcut. a shortcut around doing our jobs. instead of solving problems, they are stalling, procrastinating. thats not just bad policy, its a fantasy. we all heard the president of the united states say yesterday he wont accept anything short of a full solution. why should he? we are six mon...

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