Showing posts with label obama g20 speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obama g20 speech. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2009

Obama's Speech at G20 Sept. 25 Video

This speech concludes the G20. Obama heads back to Washington and probably back to health care.

Obama answers press questions:
Obama answers a question on negotiating with Iran. When the U.S. meets with Iran on Oct. 1, they need to decide what they want to do, he said. Obama said he's not going to discuss sanctions yet. "We're going to give Oct. 1 a chance."
A question on demonstrators who see capitalism as "devilish." Obama says capitalism isn't the source of all ills. If the protesters were paying attention, they would've heard a strong recognition from a diverse group of leaders that the market needs to work for ordinary people and that government has a role in regulating the market, he said. Relative to other summits, this one was "tranquil," he said.
Obama is asked about the war in Afghanistan: Obama says we went into Afghanistan because Al-Qaeda killed Americans and vowed to continue. The overriding goal is to dismantle Al Qaeda. Stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical to that goal, he said. The allegations of fraud in the recent election are concerning, he said. What's important is that the people see their government as legitimate. If they don't view their government as legitimate, then the task is more difficult. Our military strategy is only part of a broader project, he said. "This is not easy," he said.

Chip Reid gets all sarcastic and asks if he views this as a victory. Obama: "This isn't a football game." Chip Reid shut down again.
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Obama Announcement on Iran's Nuclear Plant at G20

At the G20 in Pittsburgh, Obama, Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy warned Iran that it needs to stop its programs or face sanctions.

President Obama and leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret underground plant to manufacture nuclear fuel, saying the country has hidden the covert operation from international weapons inspectors for years.
Appearing before reporters in Pittsburgh, Mr. Obama said that the Iranian nuclear program “represents a direct challenge to the basic foundation of the nonproliferation regime.” President Nicholas Sarkozy of France, appearing beside Mr. Obama, said that Iran had deadline of two months to comply with international demands or face increased sanctions.

“The level of deception by the Iranian government, and the scale of what we believe is the breach of international commitments, will shock and anger the entire international community,” Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said, standing on the other side of Mr. Obama. “The international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand.”
The extraordinary and hastily arranged joint appearance by the three leaders — and Mr. Obama said that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany had asked him to convey that she stood with them as well — adds urgency to the diplomatic confrontation with Iran over its suspected ambition to build a nuclear weapons capacity. The three men demanded that Iran allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct an immediate inspection of the facility, which is said to be 100 miles southwest of Tehran.

American officials said that they had been tracking the covert project for years, but that Mr. Obama decided to make public the American findings after Iran discovered, in recent weeks, that Western intelligence agencies had breached the secrecy surrounding the project. On Monday, Iran wrote a brief, cryptic letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying that it now had a “pilot plant” under construction, whose existence it had never before revealed. NYT

David Gregory says this is why yesterday Russia agreed that sanctions against Iran may be necessary.
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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Obama Speaks at G20 Video

Partnerships as opposed to dictating solutions:
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