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The President: Well, it is
a great honor to welcome

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His and Her Majesties,
Willem-Alexander

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and Queen Maxima.

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They have been wonderful
friends to myself and

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Michelle and the
girls, personally.

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I want to thank once and
again the people of the

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Netherlands for the
incredible hospitality

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they had shown us in the
past, including most recently

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during the Nuclear Security
Summit that took place

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in Amsterdam and The Hague.

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We have 400 years of history
between our two countries.

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In Europe, that doesn't
mean a lot, but in the

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United States that is
as old as it gets.

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And so the Dutch are
some of our oldest

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and more precious allies.

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That continues to this day.

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We've had the opportunity to
discuss the shared work that

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we do through NATO in making
sure that the transatlantic

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relationship stays strong.

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We discussed the continuing
challenges in Ukraine and

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the importance of making
sure that the Minsk

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agreement moves forward.

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And I continue to make the
solemn commitment to support

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the Dutch in the
investigation of the

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Malaysia Airlines tragedy,
and to make sure that not

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only is the truth brought
forward, but there's

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accountability for
what took place.

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We discussed our shared
concerns in other parts of

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the world, including in the
Middle East, where Dutch

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troops work alongside U.S.

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and other coalition members
to help defeat ISIL and to

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stabilize Iraq.

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We talked about the
excellent work that the

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United States partnered with
the Dutch when it comes to

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Ebola, and the work that
still remains to be done

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around establishing the kind
of health infrastructure

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that's going to be so
important to preventing

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diseases in the future.

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I was particularly impressed
with the outstanding work

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that Her Majesty the
Queen is doing with the

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United Nations around
inclusive financing.

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One of the things that we
know is that all around

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the world there is enormous
human potential that

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so often is locked up
because of the difficulty

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of accessing capital.

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And the creative work that
Her Majesty is doing in

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providing micro-loans and
new mechanisms for credit,

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again, is making an enormous
difference, particularly,

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I should add, when it is
provided equally to women,

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who so often are even facing
greater challenges in

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accessing capital.

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And we discussed the ongoing
work that we'll be doing

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to build on the progress that's
been made over the last

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several years through the
Nuclear Security Summit and

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the importance of
non-proliferation.

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So whether it's in
Afghanistan, whether it's

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in public health issues,
whether it's in Europe and

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the need for us to maintain
solidarity and uphold the

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principles that have been
central to building a

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unified and peaceful
Europe, the Netherlands

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has consistently been one
of our greatest allies.

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And I think for His Majesty
the King and Queen to have

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gone to Arlington and to
honor not only the Tomb of

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the Unknown Soldier, but to
meet some of that Greatest

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Generation who helped to
liberate Europe and the

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Netherlands and to usher
in this era of peace and

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prosperity is
extraordinarily significant.

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So many of our World War II
veterans during the 70-year

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anniversary are at the
twilight of their lives, and

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for them to hear directly
from such important people

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how much of a difference
they made and to get that

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recognition is
truly significant.

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So I'm grateful, Your
Majesty, for that, and even

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more grateful for the
continuing friendship that

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the Dutch people have
shown the United States of

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America.

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King Willem-Alexander:
Well, thank you very much,

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Mr. President, for your
warm words of welcome here.

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On behalf of my wife and
myself, we're very thankful

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to be back at
the White House.

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Great to see you again since
last year at the

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Nuclear Security Summit.

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First of all, I'd like to
express my sympathy to the

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people in Texas and Oklahoma
for their suffering in such

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severe weather
conditions right now.

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The floodings are terrible.

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The victims and families are
going through a rough time.

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And if we can help as the
Netherlands, of course we

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are willing to help.

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Second of all, my
heartfelt condolences for

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Vice President Biden for a
second big tragedy in his life,

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now losing a son while he is
serving as best he can as

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Vice President here
in the United States.

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The main reason for our
visit obviously was to thank

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the United States for
what you'd done for us

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70 years ago.

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Especially the 82nd and
101 Airborne have played

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a major role in liberating
our country, taking away the

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Nazi oppression and giving
us back justice and rule

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of law and freedom.

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And ever since that
moment, we are grateful.

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And as long as the
Netherlands exist, we will

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be grateful for the
United States for giving

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that to us.

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This morning, at Arlington,
the wreath-laying ceremony,

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we honored those people that
gave their utmost, their

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life, for our country.

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And speaking with the
veterans and the Rosies

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was very impressive for us --
veterans that have liberated

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my country; the Rosies
that took the place in the

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industry here and that kept
this country running so that

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the men could fight on the
other side of the ocean.

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Very, very impressive,
I must say.

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And once again, USA,
thank you very much

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for liberating us.

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Those values that you stood
for at the time and that

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were not available to
us and we regained,

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we now stand shoulder by
shoulder fighting ISIL --

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"shoulder by shoulder,"
meaning a small shoulder

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and a big shoulder.

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But still, we stand next to
each other and we have the

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same values we want to
defend facing ISIL.

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So having said that, the
next part of our visit will

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be also looking back
at the Dutch history.

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First, Hudson of 1609, and
then the first salutes to

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the American flag from
the Island of Statia in

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November, 1776.

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When the Andrew Doria
sailed there, the Dutch

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saluted the flag.

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And ever since, we've
had a great bond with

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your country.

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Four and a half
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are from Dutch descent.

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You are the largest investor
in our country; we are the

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third largest
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So this is really
worthwhile to continue our

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relationship, and that's
what we are working

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on these days.

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We're going off to Michigan,
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to Grand Rapids, to see a
lot of these descendants,

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and we're going to Chicago,
where we hope to have

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a party -- your
hometown, obviously.

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But also the origin of House
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hoping to see some
good music there at

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Millennium Park and also look
at some serious topics as

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healthy aging, urban farming,
solar, and there a lot

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of things that we can
learn from each other.

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But once again,
Mr. President, thank you

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very much for receiving
my wife and myself here.

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It is great to
see you again.

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All the best of luck
for the United States.

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And thank you very much.