Part of giving a State of the Union address is to assess the state of the union, of our country, and certainly foreign policy, national security, these are important elements of any assessment of the state of the union.

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We would like to thank most sincerely the gamer community, the visitors, exhibitors and partners, the City of Cologne, the State of North Rhine Westphalia, our partner country South Korea and especially Koelnmesse.

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And I also hope that Americans will look at the challenges we face today and decide, as many of you in this room have, that in spite of the divisive state of our political system today that serving your country is compelling and rewarding work.

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Thank you for your leadership and service for the great state of Illinois and for our country.

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As citizens and savers, we each have a responsible to ourselves, our families and our country to have an opinion on the current state of our financial system and its regulation.

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Simply put, voters dissatisfaction with the direction of our country, the state of our economy and with government in Washington is at an all-time high.

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Thanks to Steve's efforts, and hundreds of others in our state, and across the country, Greensburg will recover.

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"He and I both know our country's culture, traditions and the current state of affairs, " she says tactfully.

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Immigrants from Portugal, the Azores and Madeira, formed strong Portuguese American communities across our country, including, by the way, in my home state of Hawaii.

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In Libya, we've urged our people to leave the country and the State Department is assisting those in need of support.

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The State of the Art does not aim to present an exhaustive description of what is happening in each country in our region, but rather sets forth general traits, mainly drawn from the situations in the eight countries mentioned.

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