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Obama's Speech

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We must meet those expectations again, not because being respected is an end in itself, but because the security of America and the wider world demands it.
I strongly support the expansion of our ground forces by adding 65,000 soldiers to the Army and 27,000 Marines.
No President should ever hesitate to use force