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1 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:15,244 The Vice President: Hey, folks. 2 00:00:15,248 --> 00:00:16,278 Joe Biden. 3 00:00:16,282 --> 00:00:19,652 I just got off an eight, nine hour flight from 4 00:00:19,652 --> 00:00:22,852 Washington to the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. 5 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,996 And I met with the mayor of Kiev, 6 00:00:25,992 --> 00:00:27,892 who was a world-famous boxer, 7 00:00:27,894 --> 00:00:30,134 but he has another fight on his hands. 8 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:33,430 One is Moscow crossing the border and violating 9 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:36,833 international norms, and the second is endemic corruption 10 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:41,846 that oligarchs have been pursuing and engaged in for 11 00:00:41,841 --> 00:00:44,441 decades, and it's a hard, hard fight. 12 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:47,184 We are committed to help them on both scores. 13 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:50,020 That's what I'm here about, and I'm going to be talking 14 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:52,016 with the President, with the Prime Minister, 15 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:55,618 and then on Tuesday sitting down to address their Rada, 16 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:58,762 and make it clear that American support is real, 17 00:00:58,758 --> 00:01:02,698 but we expect -- we expect them to step up. 18 00:01:15,141 --> 00:01:15,871 The Vice President: I'll say one thing. 19 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:17,215 I'm here to listen. 20 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:20,180 I'm not here to talk, I'm here to listen. 21 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:22,450 I want to know what you would most like to see 22 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:26,149 my country doing. 23 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:30,161 All these people, every one of them, 24 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:32,856 gave their life for freedom. 25 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:35,359 Every single one of these people here 26 00:01:35,361 --> 00:01:37,661 -- ordinary Ukrainians. 27 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:40,704 This government has an obligation to not let this 28 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,500 fail this time. 29 00:01:42,502 --> 00:01:44,942 The Orange Revolution failed. 30 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,708 What happened in the Maidan and up on this hill can't fail. 31 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:51,577 They have an obligation. 32 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:02,654 How are you? 33 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:03,755 (laughter) 34 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:05,726 President Poroshenko: We're waiting for you. 35 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:13,638 The Vice President: And so I hope you feel what you're 36 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:17,473 doing is worthwhile, because it really, really is. 37 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:20,570 I never go into a country without looking and speaking 38 00:02:20,573 --> 00:02:24,883 to the Embassy team, because they work really hard. 39 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:28,848 Our success of our foreign policy depends as much on 40 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:32,448 the Ambassador's team as anything else that gets done. 41 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:34,822 Am I blocking anybody? 42 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:35,651 Hang on a minute. 43 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:37,955 Hang on a minute, because I'm blocking people. 44 00:02:37,957 --> 00:02:38,757 Male Speaker: No, you're good now. 45 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:39,258 The Vice President: You ready? 46 00:02:39,259 --> 00:02:39,959 Okay. 47 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:40,729 Here we go. 48 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:41,497 (laughter) 49 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:42,294 The Vice President: Team photo. 50 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,765 Male Speaker: One, two, and three. 51 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:44,593 The Vice President: Everybody thinks it's really 52 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:47,997 easy to be the son or daughter of someone in the 53 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:51,071 State Department or the Foreign Service. 54 00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:54,070 And so these kids make sacrifices for their country. 55 00:02:54,073 --> 00:02:56,343 They really do, and that's why I spent so much time in 56 00:02:56,342 --> 00:02:58,182 there with them, to thank them. 57 00:02:58,177 --> 00:03:02,287 I don't want to leave, guys, but I have to. 58 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:05,948 Hi. 59 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:06,452 Female Speaker: Hi. 60 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,122 The Vice President: How are you? 61 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,560 Good to see you. 62 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:10,756 Prime Minister Yatsenyuk: We truly feel that the 63 00:03:10,757 --> 00:03:13,797 American people stand by the Ukrainian people. 64 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:17,193 If I may (inaudible) the Ukraine, 65 00:03:17,196 --> 00:03:22,036 (speaks foreign language) 66 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,239 The Vice President: Urging restraint, 67 00:03:28,241 --> 00:03:32,811 as the world watched, the final assault came. 68 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:38,822 Amidst fire and ice, snipers on rooftops, 69 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:40,758 the Heavenly Hundred paid the ultimate price of 70 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:48,123 patriots the world over, their blood and courage 71 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:51,767 delivering to the Ukrainian people a second chance 72 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:56,534 for freedom. 73 00:03:56,536 --> 00:04:00,976 Their sacrifice, to put it bluntly, 74 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:05,914 is now your obligation. 75 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:23,201 Ready to go home? 76 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:26,636 This is a country that has a second chance at 77 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:30,633 establishing a genuine democracy, 78 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:34,807 something that the young people on the Rada gave 79 00:04:34,807 --> 00:04:38,047 their lives for a second chance to establish, 80 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:41,244 and they have two great threats: Russian aggression, 81 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:44,847 and endemic corruption, and we're prepared to help 82 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:46,651 them tackle both. 83 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:50,093 And if they do, I have no doubt that they will go down 84 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:50,959 in history. 85 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,997 This congress, this Rada, as they call it, 86 00:04:53,993 --> 00:04:58,863 as the founding fathers of a new, first-time-ever, 87 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:02,765 genuinely democratic, free Ukraine. 88 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:04,709 And that's my hope. 89 00:05:04,704 --> 00:05:06,504 That's my hope.