Thank you very much. To the members of Congress who are here; members of the Cabinet and the administration, my fellow Americans: In recent weeks I have begun a conversation with the American people about our fate and our duty to prepare our nation not only to meet the new century, but to live and lead in a world transformed to a degree seldom seen in all of our history. Much of this change is good, but it is not all good, and all of us are affected by it. Therefore, we must reach beyond our fears and our divisions to a new time of great and common purpose. Our challenge is twofold: first, to restore the American dream of opportunity and the American value of responsibility; and second, to bring our country together amid all our diversity into a stronger community, so that we can find common ground and move forward as one. More than ever these two endeavors are inseparable. I am absolutely convinced we cannot restore economic opportunity or solve our social problems unless we find a way to bring the American people together. To bring our people together we must openly and honestly deal with the issues that divide us. Today I want to discuss one of those issues: affirmative action. It is, in a way, ironic that this issue should be divisive today, because affirmative action began 25 years ago by a Republican president with bipartisan support. It began simply as a means to an end of enduring national purpose -- equal opportunity for all Americans. So let us today trace the roots of affirmative action in our never-ending search for equal opportunity. Let us determine what it is and what it isn't. Let us see where it's worked and where it hasn't, and ask ourselves what we need to do now. Along the way, let us remember always that finding common ground as we move toward the 21st century depends fundamentally on our shared commitment to equal opportunity for all Americans. It is a moral imperative, a constitutional mandate, and a legal necessity. There could be no better place for this discussion than the National Archives, for within these walls are America's bedrocks of our common ground -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. No paper is as lasting as the words these documents contain. So we put them in these special cases to protect the parchment from the elements. No building is as solid as the principles these documents embody, but we sure tried to build one with these metal doors 11 inches thick to keep them safe, for these documents are America's only crown jewels. But the best place of all to hold these words and these principles is the one place in which they can never fade and never grow old -- in the stronger chambers of our hearts. Beyond all else, our country is a set of convictions: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our whole history can be seen first as an effort to preserve these rights, and then as an effort to make them real in the lives of all our citizens. We know that from the beginning, there was a great gap between the plain meaning of our creed and the meaner reality of our daily lives. Back then, only white male property owners could vote. Black slaves were not even counted as whole people, and Native Americans were regarded as little more than an obstacle to our great national progress. No wonder Thomas Jefferson, reflecting on slavery, said he trembled to think God is just. On the 200th anniversary of our great Constitution, Justice Thurgood Marshall, the grandson of a slave, said, The government our founders devised was defective from the start

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TAPE: EF04/0096 IN_TIME: 23:34:26 DURATION: 1:11 SOURCES: SKY RESTRICTIONS: See Script DATELINE: Blackpool, 1 Feb 2003 SHOTLIST SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 24 HOUR NEWS ACCESS - NO LIBRARY ARCHIVE 1. Elvis performer on stage SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 2. Elvis impersonators 3. Young boy Jack Williams impersonating Elvis SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 24 HOUR NEWS ACCESS - NO LIBRARY ARCHIVE 4. Various of Elvis impersonators singing to camera SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 5. 'Elvis' on stage 6. Couples renewing wedding vows SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 24 HOUR NEWS ACCESS - NO LIBRARY ARCHIVE 7. Little boy doing his Elvis impression SKY - NO ACCESS UK/CNNi 8. Various of Elvis' on stage as winner is announced 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Matt King, Elvis impersonator (Fantastic - absolutely overwhelmed and I mean that most sincerely. It was just brilliant. I really really didn't think I was going to get up to the top five let alone win it. Gobsmacked, overwhelmed." 10. Elvis fans singing along with performers with arms in the air 11. Elvis leaves the building STORYLINE: Elvis fanatics from around the world gathered in the seaside resort of Blackpool in the north of England for an Elvis lookalike competition. Impersonators from as far as the Czech Republic and the US had come to battle it out in a competition to be the King of all Kings. The competitors came in all shapes and sizes - and spanned several decades of the legend's life - even a four year old turned up to try his luck. But the winner of the competition was the aptly named - Matt King. And it wasn't just Elvis impersonators out to revere their hero - couples were also here to have their wedding vows renewed by their hero.

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NAME: US SECURITY 190105Nxx TAPE: EF05/0063 IN_TIME: 11:19:00:19 DURATION: 00:03:13:17 SOURCES: APTN/Pool DATELINE: Washington DC, Jan 19, 2005 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: Pool 1. Zoom out of US President George Bush and his wife Laura Bush at the National Archives 2. Pan from painting of George Washington's inauguration to George and Laura Bush 3. Zoom out from Bush looking at the Declaration of Independence: UPSOUND: "Absolutely." APTN 4. Various of mounted police on patrol 5. Security checkpoint 6. Various of military vehicles in front of US Capitol building 7. Tracking shot of empty parade stands 8. Capitol building, street in foreground 9. Top view of Metro subway trains 10. People getting on and off of trains 11. Various of bomb-sniffing dogs on patrol in Metro 12. Various of army soldiers sweeping snow from seats at the Capitol 13. Pan from stands to Capitol, 14. US flag blowing in the wind 15. Parade reviewing stands in front of White House 16. Tilt down of Presidential reviewing stand 17. Workers putting bunting on stands 18. Zoom out from Presidential viewing stand in front of White House STORYLINE: On the eve of his second inauguration, United States President George W. Bush visited the National Archives to see some of the nation's most treasured historical documents - including George Washington's inaugural speech and the United States Constitution. Afterwards, asked by a reporter if he feels the history of the moment, Bush replied, "Absolutely." As a light snow fell across Washington on Wednesday, security measures started to take effect. Streets were closed and high-visibility police patrols commenced in the downtown area. As part of the increased security, over 20 transportation security officers from across the nation joined forces with the D.C. Metro Transit Police to protect the subway system serving the nation's capital and its suburbs. Officers and bomb-sniffing dogs from airports in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Milwaukee and St. Louis all made the trip to the nation's capital. With massive street closures in the centre of the city, officials are urging visitors to use the Metro subway system. At both ends of the Inauguration parade route - the Capitol Building and the White House - workers continued to apply finishing touches.

AP-APTN-0930: UK Girl Saturday, 29 December 2012 STORY:UK Girl- Girl abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan is reunited with her mother LENGTH: 01:47 FIRST RUN: 0030 RESTRICTIONS: No Access UK Mainstream broadcasters and limited access to foreign news channels: see script TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: SKY/UK POOL STORY NUMBER: 872957 DATELINE: Manchester - 28 Dec 2012 LENGTH: 01:47 SHOTLIST: SKY - NO ACCESS UK MAINSTREAM BROADCASTERS/AL JAZEERA/BLOOMBERG. IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN NEWS CHANNEL DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK AND IRELAND ON SKY'S DIGITAL SATELLITE PLATFORM AND WANT TO USE THIS CONTENT, PLEASE CONTACT ANNA JONES AT skycommercialap.org 1. Wide of people waiting in arrivals area at Manchester airport 2. Close-up of flight information screen, showing flight from Islamabad has landed UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY 3. Tracking shot of Gemma Wilkinson, mother of Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson, entering room and sitting down for interview 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gemma Wilkinson, mother of Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson: "I'm just absolutely overwhelmed in seeing Atiya now and giving her a cuddle and a massive kiss. I'm just absolutely overwhelmed with everything." SKY - NO ACCESS UK MAINSTREAM BROADCASTERS/AL JAZEERA/BLOOMBERG. IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN NEWS CHANNEL DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK AND IRELAND ON SKY'S DIGITAL SATELLITE PLATFORM AND WANT TO USE THIS CONTENT, PLEASE CONTACT ANNA JONES AT Skycommercialap.org 5. Close-up of sign at Manchester airport reading: (English) "arrivals" UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gemma Wilkinson, mother of Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson: "I did have a few fears that Atiya would be unsettled with the change and the flight and she's absolutely fine. She's absolutely fine, she's trying to communicate and she's playing with the things that we've brought for her and she's settled." SKY - NO ACCESS UK MAINSTREAM BROADCASTERS/AL JAZEERA/BLOOMBERG. IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN NEWS CHANNEL DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK AND IRELAND ON SKY'S DIGITAL SATELLITE PLATFORM AND WANT TO USE THIS CONTENT, PLEASE CONTACT ANNA JONES AT Skycommercialap.org 7. Low shot of passengers arriving at Manchester airport 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sajjad Karim, Conservative Member of European Parliament (MEP) for North West England: "One of the big personal regrets that I have about this case is that I wish I had known three-and-a-half years ago because there is nothing that I have done now that I couldn't have done three-and-a-half years ago. And I believe had we taken these actions at that stage, a lot of heartache for mother could have been avoided." 9. Mid of people waiting in arrivals area at Manchester airport 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Safraz Khan, daughter Aamina was abducted: "After three years of trying to find her child, that eventually she has found her, she is going to be just so overwhelmed. And just hearing that news today, it just sent shivers down my own spine. I just couldn't believe that this one child has actually been recovered from Pakistan." 11. Pan across people waiting in arrivals area at Manchester airport STORYLINE: The mother of a six-year-old girl, who was abducted and taken by her father from the UK to Pakistan, said on Friday that she was "overwhelmed" after being reunited with her daughter. Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson disappeared in November 2009, after being taken from her home in Greater Manchester, north-west England, by her father Razwan Ali Anjum. He said he was taking his daughter to a local area, but instead took her to Lahore. Three years on, the youngster was finally tracked down in Pakistan earlier this month, after her mother Gemma Wilkinson made several appeals for information. She was flown from Islamabad to Manchester airport on Friday. "I'm just absolutely overwhelmed in seeing Atiya now and giving her a cuddle and a massive kiss. I'm just absolutely overwhelmed with everything," said Gemma Wilkinson. "I did have a few fears that Atiya would be unsettled with the change and the flight and she's absolutely fine," she continued. "She's trying to communicate and she's playing with the things that we've brought for her and she's settled." Anjum is currently serving a jail sentence in the UK for refusing to reveal Atiya's whereabouts. Conservative Member of the European Parliament for North West England, Sajjad Karim, who helped with the search for Atiya, told Britain's Sky News that he wished he had made aware of the case sooner. "One of the big personal regrets that I have about this case is that I wish I had known three-and-a-half years ago because there is nothing that I have done now that I couldn't have done three-and-a-half years ago," he said. "I believe had we taken these actions at that stage, a lot of heartache for mother could have been avoided." Sky News reported that the abduction of children to Pakistan was not uncommon. Safraz Khan's daughter Aamina was taken by her mother to the country last year, the broadcaster said. He said after three years of trying to find her child, Gemma Wilkinson, Atiya's mother, was likely to be feeling overwhelmed. "Just hearing that news today, it just sent shivers down my own spine. I just couldn't believe that this one child has actually been recovered from Pakistan," he said. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN AP-WF-12-29-12 0941GMT

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AP-APTN-1830: ++PPINES GAGA Sunday, 20 May 2012 STORY:++PPINES GAGA- CHRISTIANS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST SINGER'S CONCERT LENGTH: 01:10 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 741932 DATELINE: MANILA - 20 MAY 2012 LENGTH: 01:10 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of projected laser image of pop star Lady Gaga outside Mall of Asia arena (venue of her upcoming concerts), zoom out to members of the Biblemode Youth Philippines Christian group holding candlelit vigil 2. Mid of young protestors holding candlelit vigil and singing gospel music 3. Close-up of T-shirt with picture of Lady Gaga and text reading (English) "Stop Lady Gaga Concerts" 4. Various of group's members holding candlelit vigil and singing gospel songs, AUDIO: music 5. Wide of group leader, Ruben Abante, addressing crowd 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ruben Abante, group leader: "She is a good singer and I know that if she will do in this way, wherein she would apply ethics to it and apply moral values to it, she would be a real great, great performer. As a person, no. But I believe that artistic expression has a limit. It is not absolute. Only God is absolute." 7. Wide of candlelit vigil STORYLINE: Young Filipino Christians held a candlelit vigil in Manila on Sunday night to call for pop singer Lady Gaga to cancel her upcoming concerts in the Philippines. The US star arrived in the capital on Saturday to cheers from fans - though about 200 young Christians marched in Manila for a second straight day. And on Sunday night, members of the Biblemode Youth Philippines began a candlelit vigil near the Mall of Asia concert venue, where Lady Gaga will perform this week. They say they are offended by Lady Gaga's music - particularly her song "Judas," which they said mocks Jesus Christ. Authorities in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country approved the concerts, set for Monday and Tuesday, but said they won't allow nudity or lewd acts. Sold-out crowds and angry protests have followed Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Asian tour. Fans younger than 18 were banned from concerts in South Korea over complaints her lyrics and costumes were too provocative, and she was denied a concert permit in Indonesia by police under pressure from Islamic hard-liners. Ruben Abante, the protest leader, said Lady Gaga is a good singer but if she applied ethics and moral values "she would be a real great, great performer". "I believe that artistic expression has a limit. It is not absolute. Only God is absolute," he said. Concert organisers have said they respect the beliefs of critics but promised that the performances "will not pose a threat to their sense of morality and conduct." Under Philippine law, people who offend race or religion can be sentenced to up to six years in prison, although no one has been convicted recently. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-05-20-12 1450EDT

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AP-APTN-1830: Somalia UN Saturday, 13 August 2011 STORY:Somalia UN- REPLAY Top UN official tours hospital looking after famine victims LENGTH: 01:45 FIRST RUN: 1430 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 701107 DATELINE: Mogadishu - 13 Aug 2011 LENGTH: 01:45 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Valerie Amos, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, visiting Banadir Hospital 2. Close-up of mother with two children 3. Various of Amos talking to hospital staff and refugeees 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Valerie Amos, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs "I can't imagine what it's like for parents who are seeing their children - two, three year-olds - who don't even look big enough to be six months old. It is absolutely distressing, we really have to do what we can, I know security is difficult but we have to do all we can to make sure that we help people who are absolutely desperate " 5. Various of sick children at Banadir hospital. STORYLINE UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, visited Mogadishu on Saturday, where she toured a hospital and met people who had survived the long journey to the Somali capital in an attempt to escape starvation. Amos said she could not imagine the plight of Somali parents trying to save their emaciated children. "It is absolutely distressing," she said. "We really have to do what we can. I know security is difficult but we have to do all we can to make sure that we help people who are absolutely desperate," she said. The UN said last week only 20 percent of the 2.6 million Somalis who need aid, have been able to get it, because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. Meanwhile, The World Food Programme said on Saturday that it was expanding food distribution efforts in the country after Al-Shabab militants withdrew from most areas of the capital last week, a move that will significantly improve aid relief efforts. The militants' presence in Mogadishu had complicated international aid groups' efforts to feed the tens of thousands who had sought help in the capital. Al-Shabab has been waging a war against the weak UN-backed Somali government. The group banned relief agencies including the WFP from operating in it territories. The militants control most of central and southern Somalia, and have killed people who tried to flee starvation. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 08-13-11 1450EDT

B-ROLL OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TALKING WITH REPORTERS OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.

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