English subtitles for clip: File:2010-11-25 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv

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The President: Today, like millions
of other families across America,

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Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I
will sit down to share a

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Thanksgiving filled with family
and friends --

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and a few helpings of food and
football, too.

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And just as folks have done in
every Thanksgiving since the

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first, we'll spend some time
taking stock of what we're

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thankful for: the God-given
bounty of America,

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and the blessings of one
another.

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This is also a holiday that
captures that distinctly

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American impulse to give
something of ourselves.

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Even as we speak, there are
countless Americans serving at

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soup kitchens and food pantries;
contributing to their

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communities; and standing guard
around the world.

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And in a larger sense, that's
emblematic of what Americans

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have always done.

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We've come together and done
what's required to make tomorrow

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better than today.

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That's who we are.

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Consider our journey since that
first Thanksgiving.

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We're among the world's
youngest of peoples,

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but time and again, we have
boldly and resiliently led the

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way forward.

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Against tough odds, we're a
people who endure --

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who explored and settled a vast
and untamed continent;

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who built a powerful economy and
stood against tyranny in all its

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forms; who marched and fought
for equality,

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and connected a globe with our
science and imagination.

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None of that progress was
predestined.

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None of it came easily.

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Instead, the blessings for which
we give thanks today are the

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product of choices made by our
parents, and grandparents,

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and generations before --
whose determination and sacrifice

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ensured a better future for us.

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This holiday season, we must
resolve once more to do the same.

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This is not the hardest
Thanksgiving America has ever faced.

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But as long as many members of
our American family are hurting,

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we've got to look out for one
another.

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As long as many of our sons and
daughters and husbands and wives

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are at war, we've got to support
their mission and honor their service.

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And as long as many of our
friends and neighbors are

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looking for work, we've got to
do everything we can to

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accelerate this recovery and
keep our economy moving forward.

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And we will.

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But we won't do it as any one
political party.

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We've got to do it as one
people.

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And in the coming weeks and
months,

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I hope that we can work
together,

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Democrats and Republicans and
Independents alike,

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to make progress on these and
other issues.

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That's why, next week, I've
invited the leadership of both

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parties to the White House for a
real and honest discussion --

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because I believe that if we
stop talking at one another,

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and start talking with one
another, we can get a lot done.

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For what we are called to do
again today isn't about

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Democrats or Republicans.

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It's not about left or right.

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It's about us.

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It's about what we know this
country is capable of.

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It's about what we want America
to be in this new century.

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A vibrant nation that makes sure
its children are the

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best-educated in the world.

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A healthy, growing economy that
runs on clean energy and creates

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the jobs of tomorrow.

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A responsible government that
reduces its deficits.

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An America where every citizen
is able to go as far as he or

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she desires.

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We can do all this, because
we've done it before.

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We're made of the same sturdy
stuff as the travelers who first

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sat down to that Thanksgiving dinner,

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and all who came after --
who worked, and sacrificed,

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and invested, because they
believed that their efforts

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would make the difference for us.

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That's who we are.

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We shape our own destiny with
conviction and compassion,

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and clear and common purpose.

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We honor our past and press
forward with the knowledge that

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tomorrow will be better than
today.

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We're Americans.

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That's the vision we won't lose
sight of.

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That's the legacy that falls to
our generation.

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That's the challenge that
together, we are going to meet.

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To every American, I am thankful
for the privilege of being your President.

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To all of our service members
stationed around the world,

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I am honored to be your
Commander-in-Chief.

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And from the Obama family to
yours,

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have a very Happy Thanksgiving.

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Thanks.