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The President:
Good evening, everyone.
Please have a seat.

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Welcome to the White House.

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I was just telling the Prime
Minister that, so far,

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the evening has been successful
because I have not stepped on

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Michelle's train.

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(Laughter)

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My main goal this evening.

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Michelle and I could not be more
honored that you could join us

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as we host our great friends --
the Prime Minister of the United

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Kingdom, David Cameron, and
his remarkable wife, Samantha.

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You can give them a round
of applause -- why not?

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(Applause)

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As I said this morning,
this visit also gives us an

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opportunity to return the
gracious hospitality that

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
as well as David and Samantha

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and all the British people
showed us during our visit

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to London last year.

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And I know Michelle looks
forward to returning.

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Because, as she
announced yesterday,

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she will be leading the
U.S. delegation to the

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opening ceremonies of the
Summer Olympics in London.

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(Applause)

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I am jealous.

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(Laughter)

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Now, I'm so grateful for
all the time that David

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and I have had together.

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But as we've learned, you can
never tell how things will get

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reported as a consequence
of our interactions.

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When we met two years
ago, we exchanged beers

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from our hometowns.

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One news story said:
"David Cameron and Barack

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Obama cemented their
special relationship --

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by hitting the bottle."

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(Laughter)

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When we had a barbeque at
Downing Street for some of

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our servicemembers, David
and I rolled up our sleeves,

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threw away the aprons, decided
to flip the burgers ourselves.

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One reporter called it a
"brave and foolish move."

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(Laughter)

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Another expressed amazement at
our "surprising competence."

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(Laughter)

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Michelle and Samantha
often remark the same way.

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(Laughter)

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And finally, when David and I
got beat pretty badly in table

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tennis by some
local London kids,

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one newspaper asked the head
coach of the British Olympic

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women's team to critique
our performance.

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Obama, the coach
said, "talked a lot."

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(Laughter)

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David "overhits the ball."

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(Laughter)

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Both of them -- I'm quoting here
-- "looked a little confused."

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(Laughter)

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But in moments like that, and
in all of our interactions --

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including today -- I've
learned something about David.

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In good times and in bad, he's
just the kind of partner that

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you want at your side.

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I trust him.

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He says what he does,
and he does what he says.

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And I've seen his character.

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And I've seen his commitment to
human dignity, during Libya.

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I've seen his resolve, his
determination to get the job

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done, whether it's righting
our economies or succeeding

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in Afghanistan.

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And I will say
something else, David.

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All of us have seen how you, as
a parent, along with Samantha,

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have shown a measure of strength
that few of us will ever know.

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Tonight, I thank you for
bringing that same strength and

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solidarity to our partnership --
even if you do overhit the ball.

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(Laughter)

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We are by no means the first
President and Prime Minister to

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celebrate the deep and abiding
bonds between our people.

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There has been no shortage
of words uttered about our

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special relationship.

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And I was humbled to offer
my own last year when I had

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the opportunity to address
Parliament in Westminster Hall.

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So, rather than words, I'd
like to leave you tonight

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with two simple images.

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They're from different times
and places, decades apart.

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But they're moments, I think,
that reveal the spirit of our

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alliance and the character
of our countries.

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The first is from the Blitz,
when, month after month,

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the British people braved
the onslaught from the sky.

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And one of those most enduring
images from those days is of the

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London skyline,
covered in smoke,

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with one thing shining through
-- the dome of St. Paul's

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Cathedral, tall and
proud and strong.

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The other image we know from
our own lives -- from that

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awful September day, that
unforgettable picture of

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the Manhattan skyline,
covered in smoke and dust,

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with one thing shining through
-- our Statue of Liberty,

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tall and proud and strong.

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In those two moments I think you
see all you need to know about

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who we are and what brings
us together tonight.

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In war and in peace, in times of
plenty and times of hardship,

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we stand tall and proud
and strong, together.

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And as free peoples committed to
the dignity of all human beings,

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we will never apologize
for our way of life,

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nor waver in its defense.

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It's why David's grandfather
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D-Day; why my grandfather
marched across Europe in

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Patton's army.

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It's why tonight, at dusty
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both American and British
soldiers are getting ready

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to go on patrol, like
generations before them,

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shoulder to shoulder.

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It's why our diplomats and
development workers are side

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by side, standing with the
activists who dare to demand

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their rights, save a child
from drought or famine.

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It's why leaders of our two
countries can embrace the same

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shared heritage and the promise
of our alliance -- even if we

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come from different
political traditions;

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even if the Prime Minister is
younger than nearly 200 years

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of his predecessors; even if
the President looks a little

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different than his predecessors.

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And David, it's why, tonight,
our young children -- and

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children across our
countries -- can sleep well,

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knowing that we're doing
everything in our power to

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build a future that is
worthy of their dreams.

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So, in closing, let me
just say that I intended

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to make history tonight.

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I thought that I could be the
first American President to make

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it through an entire visit of
our British friends without

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quoting Winston Churchill.

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(Laughter)

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But then I saw this great
quote and I thought, "Come on,

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this is Churchill!"

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(Laughter)

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So I couldn't resist.

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It was December 1941, and the
attack on Pearl Harbor had

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finally thrust America into war,
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And these were the words Sir
Winston spoke to his new

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American partners: "I will say
that he must indeed have a blind

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soul who cannot see that some
great purpose and design is

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being worked out here below,
of which we have the honor

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to be the faithful servants."

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And so I'd like to propose a
toast: To Her Majesty the Queen,

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on her Diamond Jubilee;
to our dear friends,

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David and Samantha; and to
the great purpose and design

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of our alliance.

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May we remain, now and always,
its faithful servants.

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Cheers, everyone.

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(A toast is offered)

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David.

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(Applause)

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Prime Minister Cameron:
President Obama, First Lady,
ladies and gentlemen: It is a

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tremendous honor to
be here this evening.

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And I want to thank you for
putting on such a great dinner,

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and for making our visit so
special over the last two days.

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And thank you also for those
strong and beautiful words that

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you've just spoken.

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Now, Michelle, I'm
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you often wonder what happens
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night out with the guys.

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(Laughter)

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So maybe I should come
clean about last night.

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(Laughter)

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We went to basketball and we
had a real man-to-man chat.

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Barack tried to confuse me by
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(Laughter)

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-- but I got my own back by
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the rules of cricket.

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(Laughter)

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The truth is we have to have
a guys' night out because so

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often we find we are
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by our beautiful wives.

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(Applause)

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As I rolled into bed last
night, I said, "Samantha,

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do you want to hear about what
I got up to on this great guys'

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night out?"

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And she -- she's not too
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She said, "Well, everything
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You were surrounded by the
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so presumably you didn't
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(Laughter)

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Now, both Barack and I have said
a lot today about the importance

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of the relationship between our
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Like my predecessors, I'm proud
of our essential relationship

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and of Britain's strong
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United States of America.

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I feel it in my bones.

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Now, there is, of course a great
history of close relationships

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between U.S. Presidents and
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Importantly, these have been
regardless of the political

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parties they happen
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Her Majesty the Queen is a
great authority on the matter.

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She has seen -- and she likes to
tell me this -- no fewer than 12

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British Prime Ministers and 11
American Presidents during her

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time on the throne.

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But I'm sure everyone here
would want to pay tribute

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to her incredible service
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her special Diamond
Jubilee year.

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(Applause)

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Now, Her Majesty's first Prime
Minister was, of course,

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Winston Churchill, a regular
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I'm not going to
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I'm going to quote about
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seems his visits were not always
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American hosts.

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As Roosevelt's secretary wrote
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a trying guest.

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He drinks like a fish.

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He smokes like a chimney.

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He has irregular routines,
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and turns the
clocks upside down."

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And for those of you who wonder
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now stays at Blair House
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(Laughter)

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-- I simply observe this.

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We all know the story of Winston
Churchill famously found naked

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in his bath by
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This happened while he stayed
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1941, and the federal government
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(Laughter)

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Now, for every genuine
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friendship, there have been some
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-- total disconnects.

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Edward Heath and Richard Nixon
took personal awkwardness with

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each other to new and
excruciating levels.

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(Laughter)

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And yet, despite this, Richard
Nixon arranged for someone to

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pay for the swimming pool at
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residence of Chequers.

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Incidentally, this swimming pool
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terminal leak.

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(Laughter)

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So I hope you won't find it
amiss as I say here in the

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White House, for the
first time in 40 years,

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these words: It is time
to call in the plumbers.

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(Laughter)

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Now, turning to Obama-Cameron.

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As fellow parents, Barack
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personally very
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And as fellow leaders,
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a really good partnership.

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It is frank and honest.

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We talk through issues
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We don't need to remind each
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we face; we know them.

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But there are three things about
Barack that really stand out for

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me: strength, moral
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Strength, because Barack has
been strong when required to

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defend his national interests.

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Under President
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America got bin Laden.

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And together with British
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America has fundamentally
weakened al Qaeda.

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The President says what he
will do and he sticks to it.

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I'll never forget that
phone call on Libya,

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when he told me exactly what
role America would play in

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Libya, and he delivered his side
of the bargain to the letter.

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We delivered our side
of the bargain, too.

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And let us all agree that the
world is better off without bin

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Laden, but the world is better
off without Qaddafi, too.

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Moral authority, because Barack
understands that the means

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matter every bit as
much as the ends.

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Yes, America must
do the right thing,

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but to provide moral leadership,
America must do it in the right

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way, too.

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The first President I studied at
school was Theodore Roosevelt.

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He talked of speaking softly
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That is Barack's approach.

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And in following it, he has
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the moral authority of
the entire free world.

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Wisdom, because Barack has not
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but is steward of
America's resources

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of hard and soft power.

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He's taken time to make
considered decisions,

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drawing down troops from Iraq
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He's found a new voice for
America with the Arab people.

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And at home, he's recognized
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the future depends on making
the best of every citizen.

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Both our nations have
historically been held

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back by inequality.

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But now there's a determined
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most notably through education
reform -- to ensure that

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opportunity is truly
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Half a century ago, the
amazing courage of Rosa Parks,

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the visionary leadership
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and the inspirational actions
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led politicians to write
equality into the law and

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make real the promise of
America for all her citizens.

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But in the fight for justice
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there is no end, because there
is so much more to do to ensure

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that every human being can
fulfill their potential.

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That is why our generation faces
a new civil rights struggle,

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to seek the prize of the future
that is open to every child as

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never before.

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Barack has made this one of
the goals of his presidency,

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the goal he's pursuing
with enormous courage.

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And it is fitting that a man
whose own personal journey

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defines the promise and
potential of this unique

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nation should be working
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his country in this way.

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Barack, it is an honor to
call you an ally, a partner,

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and a friend.

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You don't get to choose the
circumstances you have to deal

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with as a President
or a Prime Minister.

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And you don't get to choose
the leaders that you have to

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work with.

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But all I can say is that it is
a pleasure to work with someone

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with moral strength,
with clear reason,

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and with fundamental decency in
this task of renewing our great

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national alliance for today and
for the generations to follow.

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And with that, I propose a
toast: To the President,

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to the First Lady, and to
the people of the United

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States of America.

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Cheers.

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(A toast is offered)

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