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...will be safer than it has ever been. Because starting today, the United States will stand behind your warranty." Unfortunately, many people don't understand what it means for the government to back a warranty if dealers close. Many others won't have heard or read about Obama's speech. But, most of all, a lot of consumers don't want to be troubled. They can buy a car from Toyota, or Honda, or Nissan and not have to consider the matter at all. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
Lauer, who will give his speech on June 3, the day before Commencement, has co-anchored NBC's popular morning news and talk show for over a decade...
...Germany and the creation of the United Nations. Dwight D. Eisenhower, fulfilling a campaign promise, traveled to Korea as President-Elect in December 1952 - the Korean War ended seven months later. And, of course, Ronald Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close when he gave his 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall, challenging Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall...
...course, not all presidential trips abroad are known for altering the course of world politics. John F. Kennedy's 1963 trip to Berlin was notable for the speech expressing support for a free West Germany, but infamous because of the four words he used to drive the point home: "Ich bin ein Berliner," which can be interpreted to literally mean "I am a jelly-filled doughnut." Some reports say the statement wasn't mocked in Berlin at the time, but this hardly matters. In popular memory, Kennedy committed an embarrassing gaffe, something presidents try hard not to do while abroad...
...speech made to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10, Obama declared that “America’s future depends on its teachers.” Reforming teacher layoff procedures will help ensure that, even in a down economy in which hard choices must be made, good teachers stay in the classroom, where they can continue with the invaluable task of educating our youngest citizens...