3/29/2010 Obama interview after return from Afghanistan. 2018 Trump loves Roseann speech.

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https://www.today.com/news/obama-i-ll-continue-reach-out-gop-wbna36096371

The president spoke in the wake of the passage of the health care reform bill that has been a centerpiece of his presidency, and having just returned from a surprise visit to Afghanistan, his first since assuming office.

“I do think that we now have a pattern of polarization not just with George Bush, but also previous to George Bush with Bill Clinton,” Obama said. “Frankly, it gets spun up in part because of how the media covers politics, in the 24/7 news cycle, cable chatter and talk radio and the Internet and the blogs, all of which try to feed the most extreme sides of any issue instead of trying to narrow differences and solve problems.”

“It’s an important time for President Karzai. He has made some important steps in the right direction, improving governance, reducing corruption. But there’s a long way to go,” Obama said. “I think that progress is too slow. And what we’ve been trying to emphasize is the fierce urgency of now. My hope is that President Karzai can recognize the incredible opportunity he has to be the father of a modern Afghanistan.”

“One of the things that I take pride in is that we took on a lot of tough decisions last year. But because we took those tough decisions, you now have a financial system that is stable, a stock market that’s recovered a lot of its value, which has a direct impact not just on folks on Wall Street but people with 401(k)'s and retirement accounts who have a little more security than they did.”
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