And during the process, you heard him say how we are reordering our country's priorities.
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And you heard him say that car makers are betting heavily on just a single technology: lithium-ion batteries.
And I think you heard him reiterate his commitment again yesterday when he stood here with Vice President Biden.
But the President, as you heard him say, would support that approach so that we don't add crisis upon crisis here.
As you heard him say today, he feels that this is an important opportunity for Italy to, again, meet those challenges.
You heard him last night -- he was all over the map.
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The President has spoken twice since then and you heard him speak about what he plans to do in the coming weeks just last night.
The President of the United States, President Obama, congratulated President Medvedev, as you heard him say, on the invitation for Russia to join the WTO.
But the general goal here is de-escalation, because as the President said -- as you heard him in the press conference say, Israel has a right to defend itself.
He never fails to talk about the fact that we have much work to do, as you heard him say on Friday and as he says every time he discusses the economy.
The President, again, as you heard him say a few days ago, in meeting with Secretary Napolitano and Administrator Pistole has said, our goal must be to maximize protection and security and minimize inconvenience and invasiveness.
The President also mentioned, as you heard him say in his statement, there are things like AMT, the college tax credit and other issues that are set to expire and will impact those at all income levels.
And what the President hopes, as you heard him say last night, is that everyone steps back and looks at a situation that has to be addressed, and thinks broadly and thoughtfully about how we can move forward.
Look, in terms of -- look, I think the President will always listen and -- listen to the insightful and candid opinions that Rahm has shared with the President and with staff here for 20 months, as you heard him say.
And I think the President believes, as you heard him say after the meeting and as you heard him say throughout the weekend, and others in the administration -- that bankers have to play a constructive role in getting our economy moving again.
Yesterday you heard him talk about an entirely different substantive policy issue and high light it -- the wind energy tax credit that supports 75, 000 -- 37, 000 jobs and an industry that has 75, 000 jobs across the country, and that -- let me just restate that.
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And I know that having spent a lot of time with the President during the course of the past two weeks, or nearly two weeks, and discussed with him and watched with him some of the Olympics, he is extremely excited, as you heard him say yesterday, about our athletes and their performance.
You heard him talk about during the campaign that the Clinton-era rates that were in place in the 1990s, far from hindering economic growth, were part of a economic approach passed in 1993 that led to the longest peacetime expansion in our lifetimes, that led to the creation of more than 23 million jobs.
The President went through what's in the bill, as you heard him do in his statement, going through the fact that this is legislation that changes affordability and accessibility, that it bends the cost curve, that it helps our deficit, that it reforms insurance practices, that it provides greater coverage for 30 million Americans.
So the President wanted to -- as, again, you heard him say -- get to the process of having some of those discussions by asking Secretary Geithner and OMB Director Jack Lew to sit down with four members or senators appointed by -- one each -- by Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, Speaker Pelosi and Representative Boehner.
But you heard him -- he was pretty clear during the campaign, and has been clear in other forums that one thing we know about the Clinton-era rates for those top earners is that they were effective not just in ensuring that the wealthiest paid their fair share, but as part of an approach that fueled economic expansion, job creation, and wealth creation.
You heard him last night and you'll hear him again today lay out the difference between his view on Iraq and the right steps we took in drawing down troops there, and Mitt Romney's doubling down on maybe we should have left troops -- a few troops in Iraq -- not a few -- several thousand troops in Iraq, instead of what the President's approach was.
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Those of you who heard him speak in the immediate aftermath of Newtown know his passion on this issue as a father as well as a President.
And I think he thought, as you all heard him talk about in the Oval Office on Monday, I think he thought of this as a parent.
So he strongly believes -- and I think you just heard him say this -- that leaders were elected to lead, to make hard choices, to compromise, and to take some flack for that compromise, because it requires tough choices.
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