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The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

How about we agree upon what our common American values are, which is let's make this a true land of opportunity.

This whole mission has surpassed all of our expectations.

I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to meet with service members, to sit down with our veterans - because we would think differently about our challenges as individuals.

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.

As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable.

I kind of have this sense of mission now when we talk about success: I'd really like Whole Foods to contribute to the healing of America, and the success of that may be measured in decades rather than in months, but I think we're on the way to doing it.

We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well.

We still have work to do in our efforts to advance equal rights for all Americans.