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President Obama: Good afternoon.

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Let me begin by once again
thanking Chancellor Merkel

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and the people of Bavaria
and Germany for their

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extraordinary hospitality
here at the G7.

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My stay here has
been extraordinary.

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I wish I could stay longer.

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And one of the pleasures of
being President is scouting

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out places that you
want to come back to,

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where you don't have
to spend all your time

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in a conference room.

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The setting is breathtaking.

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Our German friends have
been absolutely wonderful,

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and the success of this
summit is a tribute

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to their
outstanding work.

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The G7 represents some of the
largest economies in the world.

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But in our G7 partners,
the United States also

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embraces some of our
strongest allies and closest

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friends in the world.

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So, even as we work to
promote the growth that

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creates jobs and
opportunity, we're also

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here to stand up for the
fundamental principles that

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we share as democracies:
for freedom; for peace;

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for the right of
nations and peoples

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to decide their own destiny;
for universal human

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rights and the dignity
of every human being.

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And I'm pleased
that here in KrĂźn,

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we showed that on the most
pressing global challenges,

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America and our
allies stand united.

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We agree that the best
way to sustain the global

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economic recovery is by
focusing on jobs and growth.

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That's what I'm focused
on in the United States.

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On Friday, we learned
that our economy created

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another 280,000 jobs in May
-- the strongest month

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of the year so far -- and
more than 3 million new

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jobs over the past year,
nearly the fastest pace

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in over a decade.

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We've now seen five straight
years of private sector

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job growth -- 12.6 million
new jobs created --

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the longest
streak on record.

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The unemployment rate is
near its lowest level

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in seven years.

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Wages for American
workers continue to rise.

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And since I took office,
the United States

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has cut our deficit
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So, in the global
economy, America

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is a major source
of strength.

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At the same time, we recognize
that the global economy,

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while growing, is still
not performing at its full

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potential, And we agreed on
a number of necessary steps.

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Here in Europe, we support
efforts to find a path

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that enables Greece to
carry out key reforms

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and return to growth
within a strong, stable

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and growing Eurozone.

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I updated my partners on our
effort with Congress to pass

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trade promotion authority so
we can move ahead with TPP

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in the Asia Pacific region,
and T-TIP here in Europe --

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agreements with high
standards to protect

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workers, public safety
and the environment.

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We continue to make
progress toward

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a strong global climate
agreement this year in Paris.

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All the G7 countries
have now put forward our

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post-2020 targets for
reducing carbon emissions,

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and we'll continue to urge
other significant emitters

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to do so as well.

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We'll continue to meet our
climate finance commitments

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to help developing
countries transition

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to low-carbon growth.

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As we've done in the U.S.,
the G7 agreed on the need

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to integrate climate risks
into development assistance

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and investment programs
across the board, and to

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increase access
to risk insurance to help

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developing countries
respond to and recover from

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climate-related disasters.

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And building on the
Power Africa initiative

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I launched two years ago,
the G7 will work to mobilize

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more financing for clean-energy
projects in Africa.

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With respect to
security, the G7 remains

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strongly united in
support for Ukraine.

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We'll continue to provide
economic support and technical

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assistance that Ukraine
needs as it moves ahead

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on critical reforms to
transform its economy

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and strengthen
its democracy.

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As we've seen again
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Russian forces
continue to operate

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in eastern Ukraine, violating
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and territorial integrity.

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This is now the second year in a
row that the G7 has met without

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Russia -- another example of
Russia's isolation -- and every

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member of the G7 continues
to maintain sanctions

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on Russia for its
aggression against Ukraine.

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Now, it's important to
recognize the Russian economy

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has been seriously
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The ruble and foreign investment
are down; Inflation is up.

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The Russian central
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$150 billion in reserves.

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Russian banks and firms
are virtually locked out

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of the international markets.

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Russian energy companies are
struggling to import

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the services and
technologies they need

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for complex energy projects.

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Russian defense firms have been
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Russia is in
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So Russia's actions in
Ukraine are hurting

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Russia and hurting the
Russian people.

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Here at the G7, we agreed that
even as we will continue to seek

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a diplomatic solution,
sanctions against Russia will

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remain in place so long as
Russia continues to violate

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its obligations under
the Minsk agreements.

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Our European partners
reaffirmed that they will

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maintain sanctions on Russia
until the Minsk agreements

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are fully implemented,
which means extending

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the EU's existing sectoral
sanctions beyond July.

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And the G7 is making it
clear that, if necessary,

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we stand ready to
impose additional,

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significant sanctions
against Russia.

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Beyond Europe, we discussed
the negotiations over

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Iran's nuclear program, and
we remain united heading into

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the final stages of
the talks.

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Iran has a historic opportunity
to resolve the international

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community's concerns
about its nuclear program,

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and we agreed that Iran needs
to seize that opportunity.

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Our discussions with Prime
Minister Abadi of Iraq,

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President Caid
Essebsi of Tunisia

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and President Buhari of
Nigeria were a chance

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to address the threats of
ISIL and Boko Haram.

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The G7 countries, therefore,
agreed to work -- together

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and with our partners --
to further coordinate

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our counterterrorism
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As many of the world's leading
partners in global development

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-- joined by leaders of
Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria,

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Senegal and the African
Union -- we discussed how

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to maximize the impact of our
development partnerships.

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We agreed to continue our
landmark initiative to promote

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food security and nutrition
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to lift 500 million people
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out of hunger and
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We'll continue to work
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in West Africa to get
Ebola cases down to zero.

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And as part of our Global
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I'm pleased that the G7 made
a major commitment to help

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60 countries over the next
five years achieve specific

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targets to better prevent,
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to future outbreaks before
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And finally, I want to commend
Chancellor Merkel for ensuring

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that this summit included a
focus on expanding educational

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and economic opportunities
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The G7 committed to
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for women in our own countries,
and to increase technical

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and vocational training
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which will help all of
our nations prosper.

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So, again, I want to thank
Angela and the people

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of Germany for their
extraordinary hospitality.

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I leave here confident that when
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of our time, America and
our closest allies stand

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shoulder to shoulder.

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So with that, I will
take some questions.

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And I will start off with
Jeff Mason of Reuters.

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The Press: Thank
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After your meetings here,
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in your opening statement.

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Do you believe that the
Europeans are being

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too tough on Greece
in these talks?

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And what else needs to be done
on both sides to ensure there's

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a deal and to ensure that
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to financial markets that
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And on a separate and
somewhat related topic,

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the French told reporters today
that you said to G7 leaders

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that you're concerned that
the dollar is too strong.

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What did you say exactly?

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And are you concerned that
the dollar is too strong?

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President Obama: First of all,
don't believe unnamed quotes.

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I did not say that.

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And I make a practice of
not commenting on the daily

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fluctuations of the dollar
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With respect to Greece, I think
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but the IMF and other
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represented here feel a sense
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a path to resolve
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And what it's going to require
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making some important reforms
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but, more importantly, to
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the Greek economy can start
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And so the Greeks are going to
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some tough political
choices that will be good

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for the long term.

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I also think it's going
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the international community and
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agencies to recognize the
extraordinary challenges

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that Greeks face.

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And if both sides are showing
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then I think we can get
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But it will require some tough
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and we will continue to
consult with all the parties

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involved to try to encourage
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The Press: Are you
confident it will happen

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before the deadline?

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President Obama: I think that
everybody wants to make it

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happen and they're working
hard to get it done.

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Nedra.

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The Press: Thank
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How frustrated are you that
after you personally raised your

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concerns about cybersecurity
with the Chinese President

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that a massive attack
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files seems to
have originated from China?

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Was the Chinese
government involved?

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And separately, as a
sports fan, can you give

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us your reaction to the
FIFA bribery scandal?

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Thank you.

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President Obama:
With respect to FIFA,

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I cannot comment on a pending
case by our Attorney General.

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I will say that in conversations
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people think it is very
important for FIFA

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to be able to operate with
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and accountability.

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And so as the investigation
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I think we have to keep in
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soccer -- depending on which
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live on, is a game, it's
also a massive business.

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It is a source of
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and people want to make
sure that it operates

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with integrity.

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The United States, by the way,
since we keep on getting better

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and better at each World Cup,
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a sport that's gaining
popularity is conducted

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in an upright manner.

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I don't want to discuss --
because we haven't publicly

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unveiled who we think may have
engaged in these cyber-attacks

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-- but I can tell you that
we have known for a long

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time that there are significant
vulnerabilities and that these

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vulnerabilities are going to
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by, both in systems within
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This is why it's so important
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passing cyber legislation --
cybersecurity legislation that

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we've been pushing for; why,
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I've been standing up new
mechanisms inside of government

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for us to investigate what
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more effective solutions.

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Part of the problem
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very old systems.

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And we discovered this new
breach in OPM precisely because

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we've initiated this process
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these old systems to address
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And what we are doing is
going agency by agency,

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and figuring out what
can we fix with better

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practices and better computer
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and where do we need new
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in order to protect
information not just

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of government employees
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but also, most importantly,
where there's an interface

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between government and
the American people.

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And this is going to be a
big project and we're going

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to have to keep on doing
it, because both state

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and non-state actors are
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got at trying to
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in criminal activity
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or, in some cases, trying
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in pursuit of their various
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more aggressive, much more
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And this problem is
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It is going to accelerate.

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as aggressive, and
as well-resourced

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as those who are trying to
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Justin Sink.

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The Press: Thanks,
Mr. President.

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I wanted to ask about
two things that were

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on the agenda at the
G7 this weekend.

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The first was the
Islamic State.

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You said yesterday,
ahead of your meeting with

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Prime Minister Cameron,
that you'd assess what

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was working and what wasn't.

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So I'm wondering, bluntly,
what is not working

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in the fight against
the Islamic State.

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you pledged to step up
assistance to Iraq.

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I'm wondering if that
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military personnel.

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Separately, on trade,
Chancellor Merkel said today

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that she was pleased you would
get fast track authority.

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I'm wondering if that means that
you gave her or other leaders

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here assurance that it
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And if it doesn't, what does
it say about your ability

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to achieve meaningful
agreements with Congress

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for the remainder of
your time in office?

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President Obama: Well,
on the latter question,

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I'm not going to hypothesize
about not getting it done.

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I intend to get it done.

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And, hopefully, we're
going to get a vote soon

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because I think it's
the right thing to do.

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With respect to ISIL, we have
made significant progress in

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pushing back ISIL from areas
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or disrupted local populations,
but we've also seen areas

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like in Ramadi where they're
displaced in one place

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and then they come back
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And they're nimble,
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and they're opportunistic.

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So one of the areas where
we're going to have to improve

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is the speed at which we're
training Iraqi forces.

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Where we've trained
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and equipped them, and we have
a train-and-assist posture,

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they operate effectively.

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Where we haven't, morale,
lack of equipment,

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et cetera, may undermine
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of Iraqi security forces.

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So we want to get more Iraqi
security forces trained,

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fresh, well-equipped
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And President Abadi
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So we're reviewing a range of
plans for how we might do that,

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essentially accelerating
the number of Iraqi forces

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that are properly trained
and equipped and have

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a focused strategy and
good leadership.

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And when a finalized plan is
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then I will share it
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We don't yet have a complete
strategy because it requires

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commitments on the part
of the Iraqis, as well,

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about how recruitment
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how that training
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And so the details of that
are not yet worked out.

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The Press: Is it fair to say
that additional military

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personnel -- U.S.
military personnel are

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of what's under
consideration?

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President Obama: I think what
is fair to say is that all the

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countries in the international
coalition are prepared

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to do more to train
Iraqi security forces

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if they feel like that
additional work is being

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taken advantage of.

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And one of the things that
we're still seeing is --

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in Iraq -- places where
we've got more training

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capacity than we
have recruits.

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So part of my discussion
with Prime Minister Abadi

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was how do we make sure that
we get more recruits in.

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A big part of the answer
there is our outreach

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to Sunni tribes.

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We've seen Sunni tribes
who are not only willing

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and prepared to fight ISIL,
but have been successful

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at rebuffing ISIL.

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But it has not been happening
as fast as it needs to.

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And so one of the
efforts that I'm hoping

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to see out of Prime
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and the Iraqi legislature
when they're in session,

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is to move forward on
a National Guard law that would

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help to devolve some of
the security efforts

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in places like Anbar to
local folks, and to get

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those Sunni tribes
involved more rapidly.

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This is part of what helped
defeat AQI -- the precursor

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of ISIL -- during the
Iraq War in 2006.

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Without that kind of
local participation,

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even if you have a
short-term success,

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it's very hard to
hold those areas.

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The other area where
we've got to make a lot

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more progress is on stemming
the flow of foreign fighters.

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Now, you'll recall
that I hosted a U.N.

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General Security Council meeting
specifically on this issue,

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and we've made some
progress, but not enough.

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We are still seeing thousands
of foreign fighters

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flowing into, first, Syria,
and then, oftentimes,

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ultimately into Iraq.

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And not all of that
is preventable, but a lot

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of it is preventable
-- if we've got better

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cooperation, better
coordination,

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better intelligence, if we are
monitoring what's happening

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at the Turkish-Syria
border more effectively.

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This is an area where we've been
seeking deeper cooperation

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with Turkish authorities who
recognize it's a problem

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but haven't fully ramped up
the capacity they need.

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And this is something that
I think we got to spend

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a lot of time on.

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If we can cut off some of
that foreign fighter flow

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then we're able to isolate and
wear out ISIL forces that

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are already there.

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Because we're taking a lot
of them off the battlefield,

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but if they're
being replenished,

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then it doesn't solve the
problem over the long term.

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The final point that I
emphasized to Prime Minister

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Abadi is the political agenda of
inclusion remains as important

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as the military fight
that's out there.

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If Sunnis, Kurds, and Shia all
feel as if they're concerns

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are being addressed, and that
operating within a legitimate

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political structure can meet
their need for security,

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prosperity,
non-discrimination,

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then we're going to
have much easier time.

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And the good news is Prime
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committed to that principle.

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But, obviously, he's inheriting
a legacy of a lot of mistrust

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between various groups
in Iraq -- he's having

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to take a lot of
political risks.

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In some cases, there are
efforts to undermine those

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efforts by other political
factions within Iraq.

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And so we've got to continue
to monitor that and support

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those who are on the right
side of the issue there.

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Colleen Nelson.

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The Press: Thank
you, Mr. President.

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You mentioned that the U.S.
and its European allies have

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reached a consensus on extending the sanctions against Russia.

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Is there a consensus, though,
about what specifically

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the next step should be if
Russia continues to violate

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the Minsk agreement?

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And also, can you deter
Russian aggression

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in other parts of Eastern
Europe without a permanent

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U.S. troop presence?

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And separately, I
wanted to ask you about

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the possibility that extend
late into your term.

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Do you think that there's
anything more that you

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can do for the people who
would have benefitted

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from that program and
now are in limbo?

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And how do you view the
possibility of your term

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ending without accomplishing
your goals on immigration?

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President Obama: On Ukraine
and Russia and Minsk,

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there is strong consensus
that we need to keep pushing

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Russia to abide by the terms
of the Minsk agreement;

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we need to continue to
support and encourage Ukraine

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to meet its obligations
under Minsk -- that until

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that's completed,
sanctions remain in place.

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There was discussion about
additional steps that we might

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need to take if Russia,
working through separatists,

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doubled down on aggression
inside of Ukraine.

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Those discussions are taking
place at a technical level,

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not yet at a political level --
because I think the first goal

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here going into a European
Council meeting that's coming

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up is just rolling over
the existing sanctions.

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But I think at a technical
level, we want to be prepared.

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Our hope is, is that we don't
have to take additional

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steps because the Minsk
agreement is met.

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And I want to give enormous
credit to Chancellor Merkel,

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along with President
Hollande, who have shown

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extraordinary
stick-to-itiveness

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and patience in trying
to get that done.

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Ultimately, this is going to
be an issue for Mr. Putin.

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He's got to make a decision:
Does he continue to wreck his

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country's economy and continue
Russia's isolation in pursuit

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of a wrong-headed desire to
re-create the glories

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of the Soviet empire?

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Or does he recognize that
Russia's greatness does not

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depend on violating the
territorial integrity

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and sovereignty of
other countries?

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And as I mentioned earlier, the
costs that the Russian people

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are bearing are severe.

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That's being felt.

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It may not always be understood
why they're suffering,

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because of state media inside
of Russia and propaganda coming

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out of state media in Russia
and to Russian speakers.

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But the truth of the
matter is, is that

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the Russian people
would greatly benefit.

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And, ironically, one of the
rationales that Mr. Putin

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provided for his
incursions into Ukraine

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was to protect Russian
speakers there.

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Well, Russian speakers inside
of Ukraine are precisely

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the ones who are bearing
the brunt of the fighting.

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Their economy has collapsed.

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Their lives are disordered.

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Many of them are displaced.

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Their homes may
have been destroyed.

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They're suffering.

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And the best way for
them to stop suffering

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is if the Minsk agreement
is fully implemented.

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Oh, immigration.

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With respect to
immigration, obviously,

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I'm frustrated by a district
court ruling that now

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is winding its way through
the appeals process.

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We are being as aggressive
as we can legally to,

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first and foremost,
appeal that ruling,

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and then to implement those
elements of immigration

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executive actions that were
not challenged in court.

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But, obviously,
the centerpiece,

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one of the key provisions
for me was being able

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to get folks who are
undocumented to go through

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a background check --
criminal background check --

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pay back taxes, and then
have a legal status.

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And that requires an entire
administrative apparatus

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and us getting them to
apply and come clean.

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I made a decision, which
I think is the right one,

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that we should not accept
applications until

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the legal status of
this is clarified.

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I am absolutely
convinced this

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is well within my
legal authority,

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Department of Homeland
Security's legal authority.

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If you look at the precedent,
if you look at the traditional

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discretion that the executive
branch possesses when it comes

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to applying immigration laws,
I am convinced that what we're

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doing is lawful, and
our lawyers are

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convinced that what
we're doing is lawful.

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But the United States is
a government of laws and

487
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:37,224
separations of power, and
even if it's an individual

488
00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:40,222
district court judge who's
making this determination,

489
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:44,025
we've got to go through the
process to challenge it.

490
00:27:44,029 --> 00:27:48,299
And until we get clarity
there, I don't want to bring

491
00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:53,239
people in, have them apply and
jump through a lot of hoops

492
00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:57,778
only to have it deferred
and delayed further.

493
00:27:57,776 --> 00:28:00,476
Of course, there's one really
great way to solve this problem,

494
00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:03,348
and that would be Congress
going ahead and acting,

495
00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:08,118
which would obviate the
need for executive actions.

496
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,459
The majority of the American
people I think still

497
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,596
want to see that happen.

498
00:28:13,591 --> 00:28:18,201
I suspect it will be a
major topic of the next

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00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:20,766
presidential campaign.

500
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And so we will continue to
push as hard as we can

501
00:28:23,935 --> 00:28:29,505
on all fronts to fix a
broken immigration system.

502
00:28:29,507 --> 00:28:35,917
Administratively, we'll be
prepared if and when we get the

503
00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:37,814
kind of ruling that I think we
should have gotten in the first

504
00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:42,216
place about our authorities
to go ahead and implement.

505
00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:45,920
But ultimately, this
has never fully

506
00:28:45,924 --> 00:28:49,664
replaced the need
for Congress to act.

507
00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:55,231
And my hope is, is that
after a number of the other

508
00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:58,433
issues that we're working
on currently get cleared,

509
00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:05,206
that some quiet conversations
start back up again,

510
00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,250
particularly in the
Republican Party,

511
00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:10,115
about the shortsighted approach
that they're taking when

512
00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:12,315
it comes to immigration.

513
00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:13,017
Okay.

514
00:29:13,017 --> 00:29:15,087
Christi Parsons.

515
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,826
The Press: Thank
you, Mr. President.

516
00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:19,021
More than six million
Americans may soon lose

517
00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:21,493
health insurance if the
Supreme Court this month backs

518
00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:24,363
the latest challenge to
the Affordable Care Act.

519
00:29:24,362 --> 00:29:27,062
A growing number of states are
looking for assistance as they

520
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:29,835
face the prospect that their
residents may lose federal

521
00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:33,974
insurance subsidies and their
insurance markets may collapse.

522
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:36,972
Yet, your administration
has given very little

523
00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:40,015
to no guidance on how
states can prepare.

524
00:29:40,011 --> 00:29:42,511
What can you tell state
leaders and advocates

525
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,154
who worry that health care
markets in half the country

526
00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,920
may be thrown into chaos?

527
00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:49,518
President Obama: What I
can tell state leaders

528
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:58,531
is, is that under
well-established precedent,

529
00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:08,574
there is no reason why
the existing exchanges

530
00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:14,983
should be overturned
through a court case.

531
00:30:14,979 --> 00:30:18,449
It has been well documented
that those who passed this

532
00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:23,859
legislation never intended
for folks who were going

533
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,825
through the federal
exchange not to have their

534
00:30:26,824 --> 00:30:29,464
citizens get subsidies.

535
00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:31,160
That's not just
the opinion of me;

536
00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,702
that's not just the
opinion of Democrats;

537
00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:34,998
that's the opinion of the
Republicans who worked

538
00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:37,769
on the legislation.

539
00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:40,469
The record makes it clear.

540
00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:47,041
And under well-established
statutory interpretation,

541
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:53,285
approaches that have been
repeatedly employed -- not just

542
00:30:53,284 --> 00:30:57,994
by liberal, Democratic judges,
but by conservative judges

543
00:30:57,989 --> 00:31:04,659
like some on the current
Supreme Court -- you interpret

544
00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:07,632
a statute based on what
the intent and meaning

545
00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:12,472
and the overall structure of
the statute provides for.

546
00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:18,740
And so this should
be an easy case.

547
00:31:18,743 --> 00:31:20,243
Frankly, it probably
shouldn't even have

548
00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:21,945
been taken up.

549
00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:27,156
And since we're going to
get a ruling pretty quick,

550
00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:33,091
I think it's important for us
to go ahead and assume that

551
00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:36,531
the Supreme Court is going to
do what most legal scholars

552
00:31:36,527 --> 00:31:40,397
who've looked at this
would expect them to do.

553
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:43,968
But, look, I've said before
and I will repeat again: If,

554
00:31:43,968 --> 00:31:48,408
in fact, you have a contorted
reading of the statute

555
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:57,646
that says federal-run
exchanges don't provide

556
00:31:57,649 --> 00:32:02,149
subsidies for folks who
are participating in those

557
00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:06,893
exchanges, then that throws off how that exchange operates.

558
00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:12,301
It means that millions of
people who are obtaining

559
00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:16,597
insurance currently with
subsidies suddenly aren't

560
00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:19,071
getting those subsidies; many
of them can't afford it;

561
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:24,380
they pull out; and the assumptions that the insurance

562
00:32:24,375 --> 00:32:27,075
companies made when they
priced their insurance

563
00:32:27,078 --> 00:32:28,948
suddenly gets thrown
out the window.

564
00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:31,316
And it would be disruptive
-- not just, by the way,

565
00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:34,356
for folks in the
exchanges, but for those

566
00:32:34,352 --> 00:32:36,892
insurance markets in
those states, generally.

567
00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:40,728
So it's a bad idea.

568
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:46,635
It's not something that should
be done based on a twisted

569
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:51,371
interpretation of four words
in -- as we were reminded

570
00:32:51,369 --> 00:32:55,369
repeatedly -- a
couple-thousand-page

571
00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:58,413
piece of legislation.

572
00:32:58,409 --> 00:33:00,749
What's more, the
thing is working.

573
00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:02,645
I mean, part of what's
bizarre about this whole

574
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:07,317
thing is we haven't had a lot
of conversation about the

575
00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:10,588
horrors of Obamacare because
none of them come to pass.

576
00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:14,188
You got 16 million people
who've gotten health insurance.

577
00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,962
The overwhelming
majority of them are

578
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,900
satisfied with the
health insurance.

579
00:33:17,895 --> 00:33:19,865
It hasn't had an adverse
effect on people who

580
00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:22,334
already had
health insurance.

581
00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,773
The only effect it's had on
people who already had health

582
00:33:24,769 --> 00:33:26,209
insurance is they now have an
assurance that they won't

583
00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:28,374
be prevented from getting
health insurance if they've

584
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,243
got a preexisting condition,
and they get additional

585
00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:33,741
protections with the health
insurance that they do have.

586
00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:37,545
The costs have come in
substantially lower than

587
00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:41,758
even our estimates about
how much it would cost.

588
00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:47,123
Health care inflation
overall has continued

589
00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:50,425
to be at some of the
lowest levels in 50 years.

590
00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:53,028
None of the predictions
about how this wouldn't

591
00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:56,370
work have come to pass.

592
00:33:56,367 --> 00:34:06,047
And so I'm -- A, I'm optimistic
that the Supreme Court

593
00:34:06,043 --> 00:34:11,383
will play it straight when it
comes to the interpretation.

594
00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:14,222
And, B, I should mention
that if it didn't,

595
00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:17,988
Congress could fix
this whole thing with

596
00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:21,689
a one-sentence
provision.

597
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:26,432
But I'm not going to go
into a long speculation

598
00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:29,601
anticipating disaster.

599
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,400
The Press: But you're a
plan-ahead kind of guy.

600
00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:33,802
Why not have a plan B?

601
00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:36,445
President Obama: Well,
you know, I want to just

602
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:44,251
make sure that everybody
understands that you

603
00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:48,418
have a model where all
the pieces connect.

604
00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:57,329
And there are a whole bunch
of scenarios not just

605
00:34:57,328 --> 00:34:59,898
in relation to health care,
but all kinds of stuff

606
00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:05,307
that I do, where if somebody
does something that

607
00:35:05,303 --> 00:35:11,873
doesn't make any sense,
then it's hard to fix.

608
00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:14,246
And this would be
hard to fix.

609
00:35:14,245 --> 00:35:17,385
Fortunately, there's no
reason to have to do it.

610
00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:19,421
It doesn't need fixing.

611
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:20,487
All right?

612
00:35:20,485 --> 00:35:21,385
Thank you very much.

613
00:35:21,385 --> 00:35:23,085
Thank you to the people
of Germany and Bavaria.

614
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:24,557
You guys were
wonderful hosts.