And I suddenly remembered our recent conversation in catechism class about last rites.
Do I want to invest in our people, in our middle class and making it stronger, and our infrastructure and our education system and clean energy -- is that one vision or are we just going to keep on doing the same things that got us into this mess in the first place?
Her name was (and is) Anne Marie, and I met her in our senior seminar in packaging science, the class where you finally stake your claim and choose your path, et cetera.
Now that we are about to complete a full year of operating Pfizer and Wyeth together, with our world-class team fully in place, I have concluded the time is right to turn the leadership of the company over to Ian Read.
Number four, I want to reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle-class and working-class families.
Even so, I got a book flung at me for talking in class by our inspirational English teacher, an ex-army man.
Today, I am announcing changes that will encourage even more collaboration between our world-class hardware, software and services teams at all levels of our company.
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As I said on the campaign, one component to growing our economy and broadening opportunity for the middle class is shrinking our deficits in a balanced and responsible way.
And as we address our ongoing fiscal challenges, I will continue to fight every day on behalf of the middle class and all those fighting to get into the middle class to forge an economy that grows from the middle out, not from the top down.
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When I went to grade school in a working class neighborhood in the 1950s, there was one kid in our class of 40 whose parents were divorced.
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Last month, I was privileged to present the parents of an American soldier, Sergeant First Class Jared Monti, with our nation's highest decoration for valor -- the Medal of Honor.
On Thursday night, I will offer what I believe is a better path forward -- a path that will create good jobs and strengthen our middle class and grow our economy.
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So I look forward to working with all of you to ensure that our veterans and military families get the world-class care that they deserve.
And I ran because I felt that we had to have a different economic philosophy in order to grow that middle class and grow our economy over the long term.
"I don't recognise the committee's description of our higher education sector, which is in fact world class and second only to the USA as a top destination for overseas students, " said Lord Mandelson.
And that kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class or blowing up our deficit is to make drastic cuts in things like education, making sure that we are continuing to invest in basic science and research -- all the things that are helping America grow.
And I will put that experience to work, to get our economy back on track, create jobs, strengthen the middle class and lay the groundwork for America's increased competitiveness in the world.
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