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As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.

Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.

I've traveled all over. I've been to all 50 states. With my dad in the Navy, I lived in the Philippines from nine to 12, and I had dog, monkey, lizard, everything. Then I was in Hawaii, and I'm spear-fishing, catching octopus with my hands.

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.

I have lived in the United States for half of my life, my entire adult life.

I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.

We once did six tours of America in 15 months.

I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states.

I've been living, I've lived in New York since I was 18 years old and traveled pretty much all over the world.

I go through about 140 cities a year.