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奥巴马在亚利桑那州州立大学毕业典礼上的演讲..doc

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奥巴马在亚利桑那州州立大学毕业典礼上的演讲 美国总统奥巴马当地时间2009年5月13日晚出席亚利桑那州立大学春季毕业典礼并发表主题演讲,这是他就任总统以来首次出席大学毕业典礼。亚利桑那州立大学是成立于1885年的一所综合性大学,下设12所学院,是美国设施最先进的高校之一。 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, ASU. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, thank you very much. Well, thank you. Thank you, President Crow, for that extremely generous introduction, for your inspired leadership, as well, here at ASU. I want to thank the entire ASU community for the honor of attaching my name to a scholarship program that will help open the doors of higher education to students from every background. What a wonderful gift. Thank you. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) That notion of opening doors of opportunity to everybody; that is the core mission of this school. Its the core mission of my presidency, and I hope this program will serve as a model for universities across this country. So, thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) I want to obviously congratulate the class of 2009 for your unbelievable achievements. I want to thank the parents, the uncles, the grandpas, the grandmas, cousins, calabash cousins, everybody who was involved in helping these extraordinary young people arrive at this moment. I also want to apologize to the entire state of Arizona for stealing away your wonderful former governor, Janet Napolitano. But youve got a fine governor here, and I also know that Janet is now applying her extraordinary talents to serve our entire country as the secretary of homeland security, keeping America safe. And shes doing a great job. Now, before I begin, Id just like to clear the air about that little controversy everybody was talking about a few weeks back. I have to tell you, I really thought this was much ado about nothing, but I do think we all learned an important lesson. I learned never again to pick another team over the Sun Devils in my NCAA brackets. It wont happen again. President Crow and the Board of Regents will soon learn about being audited by the IRS. Now, in all s
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