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We see the future not as something out of our control, but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort. We reject fatalism or cynicism when it comes to human affairs. We choose to work for the world as it should be, as our children deserve it to be.”</p> <p class="longpage-byline">– <a href="/the-press-office/2014/09/24/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly"> President Obama, United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2014</a></p> <style type="text/css"> .masthead { margin-top: 16px; } .news-room.clearfix { display: none; } </style> </div> <div class="longpage-featured-sections"> </div> <div class="longpage-sections"> <div id="section-227311" class="longpage-section longpage-section-spotlight clearfix"> <div class="longpage-section-wrapper"> <a class="section-anchor" name="section-spotlight"></a> <h2 class="section-title">Spotlight</h2> <div class="spotlight-content-wrap clearfix"> <div class="section-admin spotlight-admin"></div> <div class="lpsl-col lpsl-col1 grid-15"> <div class="queue-slide"><a href="/ebola-response"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/p101514ps-11261_0.jpeg?itok=Ze6Wswjo" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5>Ebola: How We're Responding</h5><p class="highlight-text">Ebola continues to be a public health and national security priority, and President Obama and his administration continue to take aggressive measures to respond. <a href="/ebola-response">Get the facts about Ebola, and learn more about how we're responding.</a></p></div><div class="queue-slide"><a href="/blog/2014/09/10/president-obama-we-will-degrade-and-ultimately-destroy-isil"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/091014_potus_isil_1.jpg?itok=xMzEBLas" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5>"We Will Degrade and Ultimately Destroy ISIL"</h5><p class="highlight-text">The President's goal is clear: to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy so that it’s no longer a threat to Iraq, the region, the United States, and our partners. <a href="/blog/2014/09/10/president-obama-we-will-degrade-and-ultimately-destroy-isil">Learn more about our ISIL response here.</a></p></div> </div>  <div class="lpsl-col lpsl-col2 grid-15"> <a class="twitter-timeline" data-dnt="true" href="https://twitter.com/NSCPress" data-widget-id="360145624097767426">Tweets by @NSCPress</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> <hr /> <a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice" target="_blank"> <img src="/sites/default/files/twitter_follow_susan_rice.jpg"></a> </div>  <div class="lpsl-col lpsl-col3 grid-15 last-grid"> <a class="twitter-timeline" data-dnt="true" href="https://twitter.com/rhodes44" data-widget-id="347743010005610497">Tweets by @rhodes44</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> <hr /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="section-227021" class="longpage-section longpage-section-featured clearfix"> <div class="longpage-section-wrapper"> <a class="section-anchor" name="section-the-americas"></a> <h2 class="section-title">The Americas</h2> <div class="section-intro"> <p>“But even more than interests, we’re bound by shared values. In each other’s journey we see reflections of our own. Colonists who broke free from empires. Pioneers who opened new frontiers. Citizens who have struggled to expand our nations’ promise to all people -- men and women, white, black and brown. We’re people of faith who must remember that all of us -- especially the most fortunate among us -- must do our part, especially for the least among us. We’re citizens who know that ensuring that democracies deliver for our people must be the work of all. This is our common history. This is our common heritage. We are all Americans.” </p> <p>– <a href= "/the-press-office/2011/03/21/remarks-president-obama-latin-america-santiago-chile"> President Obama, Palacio de La Moneda Cultural Center in Santiago, Chile, March 21, 2011</a></p> </div> <div id="nq-227021" class="featured-highlights clearfix"> <h3 class="featured-highlights-title">Highlights</h3> <div class="featured-highlights-controls"> <div class="featured-highlights-prev" id="prev-2"></div> <div class="featured-highlights-text">View More</div> <div class="featured-highlights-next" id="next-2"></div> </div> <div class="featured-highlights-container"> <div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/cuba" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/cuba_fp.jpg?itok=OIA2Ics4" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">Charting a New Course on Cuba</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama is taking action to cut loose the anchor of failed policies of the past, and to chart a new course in U.S. relations with Cuba.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/mexico-costa-rica-trip-2013" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_western_costa_rica_trip.jpg?itok=wacvkHy1" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama in Mexico and Costa Rica</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama reinforces the deep cultural, familial, and economic ties that so many Americans share with Mexico and Central America.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/blog/2013/05/31/vice-president-biden-discusses-start-new-era-us-brazilian-relations" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/vp-in-brazil.jpg?itok=pyGBWIbU" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">Vice President Biden Visits Brazil</h5><p class="highlight-text">Vice President Biden delivers a speech in Rio de Janeiro about the promise of a strong U.S.-Brazil partnership.</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="news-room clearfix"> <h3 class="news-room-title">Latest News</h3> <div class="news-room-news-block first grid-15"> <h4 class="news-room-news-block-title">From the Blog</h4> <a class="news-room-news-block-more more" href="/blog/issues/Western-Hemisphere-">See All</a> <ul> <li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">July 01, 2015</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2015/07/01/president-obama-announces-us-will-reopen-our-embassy-cuba">President Obama Announces that the U.S. Will Reopen Our Embassy in Cuba</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">June 17, 2015</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2015/06/17/promoting-security-and-transparency-central-america-high-level-security-dialogue-nor">Promoting Security and Transparency in Central America: High Level Security Dialogue With the Northern Triangle</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">April 13, 2015</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2015/04/13/seventh-summit-americas-presidents-trip-and-historic-meeting">The Seventh Summit of the Americas: The President's Trip and a Historic Meeting</a></h5></li> </ul> </div>        <div class="news-room-news-block third last grid-15 last-grid"> <h4 class="news-room-news-block-title">Videos</h4> <a class="news-room-news-block-more more" href="#"></a> <ul class="news-room-news-block-videos"> 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src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/130x65/audio-video/video_thumbnail/20160629_potus_particpates_in_trilateral_press_conference.jpg?itok=EmxQz8xU" alt="" title="" width="130" height="65" class="imagecache imagecache-130x65"/></a><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/06/29/president-obama-participates-trilateral-press-conference">President Obama Participates in a Trilateral Press Conference</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item clearfix"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">June 29, 2016</div><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/06/29/president-obama-and-president-nieto"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/130x65/audio-video/video_thumbnail/nieto.jpg?itok=QoKWzbHX" alt="" title="" width="130" height="65" class="imagecache imagecache-130x65"/></a><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/06/29/president-obama-and-president-nieto">President Obama and President Nieto</a></h5></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="section-227326" class="longpage-section longpage-section-featured clearfix"> <div class="longpage-section-wrapper"> <a class="section-anchor" name="section-east-asia-pacific"></a> <h2 class="section-title">East Asia Pacific</h2> <div class="section-intro"> <p>“Here, we see the future. As the world’s fastest-growing region-and home to more than half the global economy—the Asia Pacific is critical to achieving my highest priority: creating jobs and opportunity for the American people. With most of the world’s nuclear powers and some half of humanity, Asia will largely define whether the century ahead will be marked by conflict or cooperation, needless suffering or human progress.”</p> <p>– <a href="/the-press-office/2011/11/17/remarks-president-obama-australian-parliament">President Obama, Australian Parliament, November 17, 2011</a></p> </div> <div id="nq-227326" class="featured-highlights clearfix"> <h3 class="featured-highlights-title">Highlights</h3> <div class="featured-highlights-controls"> <div class="featured-highlights-prev" id="prev-2"></div> <div class="featured-highlights-text">View More</div> <div class="featured-highlights-next" id="next-2"></div> </div> <div class="featured-highlights-container"> <div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/asia-trip-2014" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/map-rotater.png?itok=elU7oT_y" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama's 2014 Trip to China, Burma, and Australia</h5><p class="highlight-text">Deeply committed to his Asia rebalancing strategy, President Obama travels Asia for the second time in 2014 to meet with leaders in China, Burma, and Australia.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/first-lady-china-trip" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_2014flotus_asiatrip.jpg?itok=dIQiEuVx" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">First Lady Michelle Obama's 2014 Asia Trip</h5><p class="highlight-text">Learn about the First Lady's trip to China from March 19-26, 2014. She visits Beijing, Xi’an, and Chengdu, inviting students and classrooms across the U.S. to follow her trip.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/asia-trip-spring-2014" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/tout.jpg?itok=t8Rp91pB" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama's Spring 2014 Asia Trip</h5><p class="highlight-text">The President’s visit to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines focused on our major priorities in the region.</p></div></div><div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/asia-trip-2013" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_2013asiatrip.png?itok=D9jiEB-_" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">Vice President Biden's 2013 Asia Trip</h5><p class="highlight-text">Learn about the Vice President's six-day trip to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea where the Vice President meets with key leaders to discuss a full range of bilateral, regional and global issues.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/asia-trip-2012" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_asia_burma.jpg?itok=NSdo0QZn" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama’s trip to Thailand, Burma and Cambodia</h5><p class="highlight-text">Since taking office President Obama has focused on the importance of Asia Pacific to the future of the United States, both economically and in terms of our political and security objectives in the world.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2013/06/10/rhodes-sunnylands-summit" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_potus_sunnylands.jpg?itok=WiKKf_kN" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama Meets with President Xi Jinping of China</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama and President Xi Jinping visit the Sunnylands estate in California.</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="news-room clearfix"> <h3 class="news-room-title">Latest News</h3> <div class="news-room-news-block first grid-15"> <h4 class="news-room-news-block-title">From the Blog</h4> <a class="news-room-news-block-more more" href="/blog/issues/East-Asia-Pacific-">See All</a> <ul> <li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">April 28, 2015</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2015/04/28/welcome-us-prime-minister-japan-s-state-visit">Welcome to the U.S.: The Prime Minister of Japan’s State Visit</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">December 13, 2013</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2013/12/01/west-wing-week-121313-or-madiba-farewell">West Wing Week 12/13/13 or, "Madiba, Farewell"</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">July 25, 2013</div><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/blog/2013/07/25/president-obama-meets-president-truong-tan-sang-vietnam">President Obama Meets with President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam</a></h5></li> </ul> </div>        <div class="news-room-news-block third last grid-15 last-grid"> <h4 class="news-room-news-block-title">Videos</h4> <a 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src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/130x65/audio-video/video_thumbnail/maxresdefault_69.jpg?itok=uT0SLEnz" alt="" title="" width="130" height="65" class="imagecache imagecache-130x65"/></a><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/09/06/president-obama-and-president-park">President Obama and President Park</a></h5></li><li class="news-room-news-block-item clearfix"><div class="news-room-news-block-item-dateline">May 27, 2016</div><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/05/27/president-obama-participates-wreath-laying-ceremony"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/130x65/audio-video/video_thumbnail/maxresdefault_44.jpg?itok=XqbtGXZ0" alt="" title="" width="130" height="65" class="imagecache imagecache-130x65"/></a><h5 class="news-room-news-block-item-title"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2016/05/27/president-obama-participates-wreath-laying-ceremony">President Obama Participates in a Wreath Laying Ceremony</a></h5></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="section-227321" class="longpage-section longpage-section-featured clearfix"> <div class="longpage-section-wrapper"> <a class="section-anchor" name="section-europe-and-eurasia"></a> <h2 class="section-title">Europe and Eurasia</h2> <div class="section-intro"> <p>“The buildings that are now living monuments to European unity were not drawn from simple blueprints. They were born out of the blood of the first half of the 20th century and the resolve of the second. Men and women had to have the imagination to see a better future, and the courage to reach for it. Europeans and Americans had to have the sense of common purpose to join one another, and the patience and the persistence to see a long twilight struggle through.” </p> <p>– <a href="/the-press-office/remarks-president-obama-strasbourg-town-hall">President Obama, Strasbourg Town Hall, April 3, 2009</a></p> </div> <div id="nq-227321" class="featured-highlights clearfix"> <h3 class="featured-highlights-title">Highlights</h3> <div class="featured-highlights-controls"> <div class="featured-highlights-prev" id="prev-2"></div> <div class="featured-highlights-text">View More</div> <div class="featured-highlights-next" id="next-2"></div> </div> <div class="featured-highlights-container"> <div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/estonia-uk-trip" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_2014_estonia_uk_trip.jpg?itok=G1CrZkK0" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama’s 2014 Trip to Estonia and the United Kingdom</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama travels to Estonia to meet with leaders of the Baltic States and to Wales to attend the NATO Summit.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/spring-trip-2014" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_2014_spring_trip.jpg?itok=mP8PaPY6" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama’s 2014 Trip to Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and the Holy See</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama travels to the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, the Holy See, and Saudi Arabia from March 24 to March 29 to mobilize the international community</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/sweden-g20-trip-2013" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_europe_g20_0.jpg?itok=lUrYHApm" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama’s 2013 G-20 Trip</h5><p class="highlight-text">At his 7th G-20, the President consults leaders of the world’s largest economies on growth, job creation & financial stability.</p></div></div><div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/ireland_and_germany_trip_2013" class="highlight-image"><img 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I believed then -– and I believe now -– that we have a stake not just in the stability of nations, but in the self-determination of individuals. The status quo is not sustainable. Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder. So we face a historic opportunity. We have the chance to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator. There must be no doubt that the United States of America welcomes change that advances self-determination and opportunity. Yes, there will be perils that accompany this moment of promise. 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mobilize the international community.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/issues/foreign-policy/iran-negotiations" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/iran_spotlight_img_wh.jpg?itok=1QTNZa5b" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">P5+1 Negotiations with Iran</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama has been clear that achieving a peaceful resolution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is in America’s national security interest.</p></div></div><div class="featured-highlights-slide clearfix"><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/syria" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/syria_highlight_foreign.jpg?itok=A2caaynP" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache 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class="section-intro"> <p>“That’s what I want to address today —- the future that the United States seeks in an interconnected world, and why I believe that India is indispensable to this vision; how we can forge a truly global partnership -— not just in one or two areas, but across many; not just for our mutual benefit, but for the benefit of the world.” </p> <p><a href="/the-press-office/2010/11/08/remarks-president-joint-session-indian-parliament-new-delhi-india">– President Obama, Remarks to the Joint Session of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2010</a></p> <p> </p> <p>"We are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the United States, our friends and allies, and the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have suffered the most at the hands of violent extremists."</p> <p><a href="/the-press-office/remarks-president-a-new-strategy-afghanistan-and-pakistan">– President Obama, Remarks on a New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, March 27, 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close relationship.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/photos-and-video/video/2010/11/02/tuesday-talks-president-s-foreign-trip" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_india_potus.jpg?itok=7MDX0mL6" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache imagecache-250x125"/></a><h5 class="highlight-title">President Obama Visits India</h5><p class="highlight-text">President Obama visited India for bilateral meetings with leaders, reaffirming our close relationship.</p></div><div class="featured-highlights-row"><a href="/blog/2013/01/12/weekly-address-ending-war-afghanistan-and-rebuilding-america" class="highlight-image"><img src="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/250x125/tout/tout_image/wh_foreign_policy_potus_afghanistand_drawdown.jpg?itok=Lgv4ADPV" alt="" title="" width="245" height="125" class="imagecache 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