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Dear friends, I think it's now, time to at least have a first balance sheet, |
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not the last, the first balance sheet of the Obama presidency |
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As many of you know the images of the campaign are still vivid |
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Big, large mobilizations in the United States, |
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of young people primarily, desperate for change |
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And the slogan of that campaign: Change We Can Believe In" |
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Change Change Change |
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But what has changed and what hasn't changed |
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There has been of course been a change in the presidency, |
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and we can't complain too much about that (Laughter) |
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There is a new vice-president also in the United States, |
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and we can't complain too much about that (Laughter and Applause) |
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But the Defence Secretary is the same. |
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That's the guy who sits in the pentagon and organizes wars, |
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and the reason he was kept on was to show that there is, |
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there are both elements of discontinuity at the top |
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And very strong elements of continuity |
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And the reason for that, is that |
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if you wear Caesar's clothes, you have to behave like Caesar |
