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with a 24-hour news cycle, let me tell you. this is his own delegation writing pamphlets against him. it almost gives me some faith that we can survive the bitterness of the current system, that these things are part of a cycle and the fact we it almost gives me some faith that we can survive the bitterness of the current system, that these things are part of a cycle and the fact we are thinking this is as worse as it can be is only a function that this is the generation we are in and everything else is focused. but that book made it vivid that we have gone through these cycles before and we have certainly gotten out of them. so i feel better about it. >> there was a point in time when washington and jefferson never spoke to each other. >> you know something? every night about 5:00 i get the incoming e-mails that contain the next day's news stories and i'm thinking, these would take two months to get printed and would go by a horseback.
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>> last question. we try to use this conference as a way of maintaining a culture. there are not only some senior people here but some younger ones as well, and many of us have children. you have three. >> i do. >> at the age when most people are looking to begin their careers. >> 27, 25, 19. >> what advice would you give to young people starting out careers, financial or otherwise? >> you can never give your own kids advice. >> that i understand. >> i have learned my lesson. i think people -- look, i started out, i did not just go to law school but practiced law. things ended up a lot different than i thought. people should do something, not be so obsessive about where it will take you in the longer run. theonly don't you know
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context he will face, you do not even know yourself. so the idea of planning these things, will this be good for me in the long run, people should take advantage of the fact that in this generation nobody is getting drafted into the army, you can have a few years of experimentation that you can be liberated from the need to make sure everything is taking you on some straight line to someplace. it does not have to be a straight line anyway. >> enjoy the ride because you never know where it might take you, even to the chairmanship of goldman sachs. >> and do not worry about knowing the contents of your business -- you have to know content but you also have to be a complete person. in your early part of your life you should focus on being a complete person. >> agreed. ladies and gentlemen, join me in thanking lloyd blankfein. [applause]
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and security issues. from the national palace in mexico city, this is 15 minutes -- 50 minutes. >> you will hear from the president of the united mexican states, enrique peña nieto. ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon everyone. , after thisremost bilateral meeting, i would like to extend the warmest welcome to president barack obama, his team joining him. we would like to welcome all of you with open arms. we hope you feel at home.
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we appreciate your will to have relation meeting a built on mutual respect, collaboration for the benefit of our people. we cover the areas we have covered during our bilateral meeting, on behalf of the mexican people, i would like -- the regretful ax that happened in your country, in boston that took the lives that took the lives of your citizens in boston. i would like to share with the audience and the members of the media the areas we have addressed with president obama during the meeting we just had.
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we have reached an agreement that the relation between mexico and the united states should be brought in terms of the areas it covers. it should open up opportunities and collaboration in different arenas with a clear purpose to make the north american region a more productive and competitive theon that will trigger enormous people -- potential that our people and our nation has. we are well aware of the side effects of our bilateral relations. framework of the agreements made, we have reached a level of understanding. there are two new administrations that began at the same time -- the second term
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of president obama and my administration. among the items that we covered, i can speak for all relevant trade and commerce is in the mexico-u.s. relations. we have mentioned all of the achievements made in the free trade agreement and the benefits our economy has received, the exports made from the u.s. to its top trade partners, mexico and canada. -- onepresents one-third out of these three products exported from the u.s..
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it does not reach the level that the u.s. has with mexico, the exports from the u.s. to china. the integration of our economies has been shown to be relevant. the content of exports from have 40% of u.s. input. that the more growth mexico has shown and the more capacity to export, the more benefit the u.s. gets. jobs are created in mexico. stops are created in the united states. one of the first agreements we create a high-level
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that, within its framework would foster trade and commerce with the united states. that for the first time -- and this is probably unprecedented. we will have the mexican economic cabinet with their counterparts from various government agencies from the united states. we have heard from the president and in this group that the vice president will participate to send a dialogue that will result in arrangements in tom's of how the government can support the efforts made by the private sector to have a stronger economic integration.
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for this purpose, we have agreed in the fall of this year am a this high level group will meet for the first time with the attendance of high-ranking officials working in the area of the economy. we have also agreed to endeavor to joint actions to have a safer order within the framework of the agreement made. thatll have a 20% border was about to be defined. an action agenda. our teams have already set it up. and now through this agenda, we will have borders that will expedite the transit of people crossing our border.
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we have also agreed to create a binational group to define joint action and joint mechanisms to support entrepreneurs in both countries, and by this, we will boost our economies and our countries. we will lead this mechanism as an enabler and we will see this in developments for small and medium-sized companies, and we hope that all the action in the very near future will make large enterprises. and this action will specifically favor young entrepreneurs. thirdly, we have agreed to boost our economy and our potential to have a bilateral innovation and research team. government agencies will work
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together, and presidents from mexico university will be part of this group. more changes will happen between mexico and the u.s. we have agreed that higher education is a platform to boost the economic potential that we have in our nation in order to compete with the world, specifically the heavily developed countries where science and technology have been the target of efforts and investments. it is fundamental that we have well-prepared youngsters with the skills necessary to give our economic development a greater strength and a greater capacity. in a different arena, we have addressed security.
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we have both recognized the level of cooperation that the u.s. has shown towards the mexican government's and the strategy in the area of security and our country has a very clear purpose, and that is to fight organized crime in all of its forms. be it drugs dealing, extortion, or any crime perpetrated. my government and my administration are going to face crime and all of its forms. we have emphasized the fact we will reduce violence. unfortunately, these -- these
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are not objectives that contradict each other. these are two goals that work within the framework of one strategy, and president obama's has expressed his will that we know to cooperate on the basis of mutual respect to be more efficient and our security strategy, that we are implementing in mexico. i have shared with president obama as well what mexico has done during the previous months of our administration.
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i have shared with president obama that mexico has reached maturity in terms of its democracy. also, the country has reached political maturity. it has managed to show respect to each other and the cohort of the government of mexico. together we have managed to put together a working agenda that will band together reforms that will transform the structure of mexico's needs to boost its development. i have shared with president obama the fact that we recognize all political forces in mexico, finally.
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i would like to share with all of you that we fully agree that our nation, our people must to another community. we are all part of the trade integration ross us. ofhave reached high levels development. still, there is potential to make other nations of collaboration and integration of north america. we can make a more competitive region. i would like to conclude by quoting the words of former president kennedy. they were shared during his visit 61 years ago. i have shared this with
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president obama, but i would like to share it with all of you. president kennedy said to president lopez mateos -- geography has made us neighbors. tradition has made us friends. let us not allow a gap where nature has denied it. and so, we have this understanding, this dialogue, this climate we have set up. morepe it will give us growth, more development, or opportunity for our people once again. i would like to welcome president obama and his delegation. i hope that your stay in mexico is very for all and you enjoy your stay as well. thank you. >> [speaking spanish]
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thank you for your extraordinary hospitality. you were the first leader i welcome to the white house. i am thankful for the extraordinarily close relationship between our two countries. during his visit, he's its time as a student in one of our most beautiful states, the state of maine. maine is very cold, so when i come here on a beautiful spring day, i understand what you came back home. [laughter] yourt to thank you for hospitality and i look forward to joining you and your lady this evening and i want to thank all of the people of mexico for such a warm welcome. it is always a pleasure to visit. president pena nieto and i
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discussed between our two countries are some 30, 40 million people, tens of millions of mexican americans that enrich our national life in the united states. well over one million americans live here in mexico. every year, millions of tourists, many from the united states, visit this beautiful country. many workers in our countries are in a living thanks to the dobbs made possible by our -- thanks to the jobs made possible by our trade. students, researchers, collaborating in every sphere of human endeavor. mexico and the united states have one of the largest, most dynamic relationships of any two countries on earth. and yet we do not always here about all aspects of this, because too
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often other issues get attached. security or immigration. obviously these are serious challenges, and president pena nieto and i discussed them in depth today. i agree that we need cooperation on security, even as the nature of that cooperation will change. themain point i made to president is that we support the mexican government's focus on reducing violence and we look forward to continuing our good cooperation in any way the mexican government deems appropriate. i also reaffirm the determination of the united states to meet our
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responsibilities to reduce the demand for illegal drugs and to combat the flow of illegal guns and cash that helped to fuel violence. again, i want to pay tribute to the people of mexico who made extraordinary sacrifices for their security and displayed great courage and resolve every day. even as we continue to deal with uncertain challenges, we cannot lose sight of the larger relationship between our peoples, including the promise of mexico's economical progress. i believe we have an historic opportunity to foster more jobs, more trade on both sides of the border and that is the focus of my visit. the united states and mexico has one of the largest economic relationships in the world. our trade has passed $5
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billion, more than $1 billion every day. we are the largest customer, buying the largest number of mexico imports. every day our workers are building projects together. this is the strong foundation we can build on. i want to amend president pena nieto for the ambitious reforms you have embarked upon, to make your economy more effective, and i know it has been hard, but it is also necessary. let me repeat what i told the president. as mexico works to become more competitive, you have a strong partner in the united states. because our success is shared. when one of us prosper bot of us prosper. that is the context of our discussion today. president pena nieto is creating a dialogue to broaden and deepen our economic relationship. there will be members of my cap net. vice president biden will participate as well.
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connectionus on the between business and workers, making our economies even more competitive. to that end, we reaffirmed our goal of concluding negotiations on the transfer of the partnership this year. this will be another major step in integrating our two economies and positioning us to compete in the fastest-growing markets in the world, those in the asia-pacific region. fromnt to sell more goods mexico and the united states. if we partnered together, we can do even better. we want to continue to make our shared border even more efficient with new technologies so it is even faster and cheaper to trade and do business together. we need new energy relationships to combat climate change. i am pleased that we have agreed
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to extend collaborations and exchanges between our students and schools and universities. just as enrique studied in our country, we want more students studying here. and finally, i updated the president on the path to common sense immigration reform that lives up to our tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants, including generations of mexican americans. as we do, i think it is important for everyone to remember that our shared border is more secure than it has been in years. illegal immigration is near the lowest level in decades and legal emigration continues to make both of our country stronger, more prosperous, and more competitive. this partly is reflected by the economic opportunities and progress here in mexico. i think that should inform the debate in the united states. i am optimistic that we will get immigration reform passed.
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i will have much more to say about this and other issues in my speech tomorrow. for now, i want to express my gratitude to the president for his hospitality and also for your leadership. given the prospect of staying here in mexico, i see so many opportunities to to deepen our extraordinary friendship and common bond we share between our two great nations and our two great peoples. thank you. >>[speaking spanish] [applause] >> we will have a round of questions. radio formula. mexico,e president of
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we welcome gladly the agenda with the priority conflicts to be included in your agenda. this high level group, as you have pointed out -- it seems to be that trade is now about security. and for president obama, given your expertise, what is your take on president enrique pena nieto's administration? seeingu.s. government this as a promise or a packed? thank you.
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>> thank you very much. we have relaunched our relationship. we have to find our priorities. this not want to make relationship targeted on one single thing. we want our relations to include different areas and we especially want to base our relationship on the trade relationship between mexico and the u.s. we want to cover other areas. we have shared our view on that topic to work towards reducing violence by combating organized crime. we have reviewed a long list of potential opportunities we have identified in the economic relation between mexico and the
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u.s. in the area of commerce. president obama has already put it for the u.s. secondxports were the destination, and our case, the united states ranks first. we need to identify the we need to identify the areas where we can supplement each other's production of goods and exporting goods from mexico to the world, because this has high content on u.s. imports. as i have stated, they see that the u.s. will benefit and vice versa. we can't perceive the participation of officials that are part of my cabinet.
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the u.s. has a long tradition of having cabinets like we have, but president obama has decided that high ranking officials from different government agencies will participate including the u.s. vice president. they will be part of this high- ranking group that will define the specific actions we have had so far in the private sector. we have seen a good flow between trade and between our countries. there is no doubt that we can push it further. we can extend its capabilities
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if both of our governments identify the right mechanisms, the right formula to boost economic integration, and that is precisely the agreement we have reached today. >> on the security issue, i think it is natural that a new administration here in mexico is looking carefully at how it is going to approach what has obviously been a serious problem. we are very much looking forward to cooperating in any ways that we can to battle organized crime, as president pena nieto stated. we anticipate there will be strong cooperation, that on our side of the border there is continued work to reduce demand and stem the flow of guns and cash from north to south. this is a partnership that will continue. i think that president pena nieto and his team are organizing a vision about how they can effectively address these issues and we will
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interact with them in ways that are appropriate, respecting that ultimately mexico has to deal with its problems internally and we have to deal with ours as well. but respect to the president's agenda, we had a wonderful relationship with president calderon and the previous administration. the bonds between our two countries go beyond party. if a republican president replaces me, there will still be great bonds between mexico and the united states because it is not just geography, but friendship and our interactions. what i have been impressed with is the president's boldness and his reform agenda. he is tackling big issues. that is what the times demand. we live in a world that is changing rapidly.
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in both the united states and in mexico, we can't be caught flat- footed as the world advances. we have to make sure that our young people are the best educated in the world, and that means some of the old ways of educating our kids may not work. we have to make sure we are staying at the forefront of science and technology and are investing in those areas appropriately. we have to make certain that our economies are competitive around the world. and that when it comes to energy we are addressing issues like climate change, but also making sure it is done in a way that creates jobs and businesses on both sides of the border. what i very much appreciate is the president's willingness to take on a hard issues, because sometimes i think there is a temptation to just stay elected as opposed to trying to -- you
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know, we use our time as well as we can to bring about the changes to move our country forward. >> on the u.s. front -- >> thank you, mr. president. what is your thinking on arming the syrian rebels of the violence has continued, and do you see nonlethal aid as the best option for a u.s. intervention in syria? also, senator rubio said an immigration bill may not pass unless the border is strengthened. are you concerned that the effort to bolster those border security triggers may make the path to citizenship almost impossible for many p all in the
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u.s. -- for many people in the u.s. who are there illegally, including many mexicans? >> what secretary hagel said is what i have been saying for many months. we are working with our partners to find a political transition that stabilizes the country, or or -- ends the killing , and allows the syrian people to determine their own destiny. we have made an enormous investments, not just in humanitarian aid, but in helping the opposition organize it felt. to make sure it has a consistent vision about how it is operating. as we have seen evidence of further bloodshed, the potential use of chemical weapons inside syria, what i have said is we will look at all options.
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we know that there are countries that are providing legal aid to the opposition. -- lethal aid to the opposition. we know the assad regime is getting lethal aid from countries outside of syria. we want to make sure every step we take advances the day when assad is gone and you have people inside of syria who are able to determine their own destiny rather than engage in a long, bloody sectarian war. we will continue to evaluate that. as i mentioned in my press conference back in d.c., we want to look before we leap. we want to help the situation rather than make it more deadly or complex.
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with respect to immigration reform, i said to president pena nieto that i am optimistic about us getting this done because it is the right thing to do. we have seen leaders from both parties indicate now is the time to get comprehensive immigration reform done. part of what we discussed is getting it done because we do so much business between our two countries that for us to constantly bog down on these border issues and debates instead of moving forward with a 21st century border that is maintaining security and making sure legal immigration and legal trade and commerce is facilitated, but at the same time ensure that we are not seeing a lot of illegal traffic and allows us to continue to be
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a nation of immigrants that has contributed so much to the wealth and prosperity of our nation -- if we're going to get that done, now is the time to do it. the bill that senator rubio and others put forward, i think, is a great place to start. it does not contain everything i want. i suspect that the final legislation will not contain everything i want. it will not contain everything that republican leaders want either. but if we can get a basic framework that secures our border, building on the extraordinary success we have already had and the cooperation we have with the mexican government, that cracks down on employers who are not taking the law seriously, that streamlines and enhances our legal immigration system, because the
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problems with legal immigration often forces people to the illegal immigration system, and provides a pathway to citizenship for those currently living in the shadows inside the united states. if it had those elements, then we should be able to build on that. we can have arguments about other elements of this as we go further. but that is the core of what we need. and frankly, we have put enormous resources into border security. don't take my word for it. some of this is not simply securing the united states from illegal traffic. some of it is improving the infrastructure, which we have been talking about for congress
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to come in smoothly, which creates jobs and helps our businesses both in the united states and mexico. what i'm not going to do is go along with something where we are looking for an excuse not to do it as opposed to a way to do it. and i think if all sides operate, that can be accomplished. >> on that matter, allow me to note that the mexican goverment acknowledges the efforts made by the leadership led by president barack obama and your congress to tackle the immigration bill. mexico understands this is a domestic issue for the u.s. we wish you the best in this push you are giving to
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immigration. that is what i have to say for the reform. thank you. >> good afternoon. good afternoon, mr. president. i would like to ask you both specifically what would be the most important outcome of president obama's visit to mexico? i would like to ask as well if you have considered the possibilities to scale up the mexico-u.s. relationship and to integrate the region further? this could lead to a national strategy in terms of fighting organized crime. thank you for your answers. >> muchas gracias. thank you.
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in order to conclude this meeting, i would like to say that we have revitalized our relations between two governments that have two new administrations. the second term for president obama and a new administration for mexico. the climate in which we are strengthening our relations is based respect, cooperation, collaboration, and all areas we share a common interest. we will not target the relation in one specific area.
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we want to address multiple issues. we want to identify all the potential areas that could help us advance our agenda. we have emphasized trade and commerce during this visit. we have made a thorough analysis and analyzed trade flows and how our economies complement each other. there is potential if we truly want to become more protective and more competitive in the north american region, that is what we need to do first to compete with others in the world. here are the highlights and specifically the agreements made to grade a high level dialogue of a bilateral forum to expand to academic exchanges and work
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toward science and innovation in both countries. also, we will have a binational dialogue to foster -- there are mechanisms that will help us predict further the economic and trade relations to mexico has with the united states. i must insist, let me say this clearly -- in security, the channels will be very clear. we will use one single channel in order to attain better
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results and we have reached a very good understanding with the u.s. government. they know why we are emphasizing this strategy. president obama has expressed his respect to the strategy that the mexican government defines in the area of security and has shown his ability to cooperate with us and have a peaceful mexico. >> i think president pena nieto summed it up well. let me give you an example, which is the work that our countries are doing. our largest trading partner is canada and our second largest trading partner is mexico. north america has become far
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more integrated economically than it was 10 years ago or 20 years ago. there are suppliers from mexico who sell to u.s. companies that in turn sell back into mexico or sell to canada or around the world. there are jobs are created in mexico and in the united states. all the economies have grown as a consequence of the work that has taken place together. as i said, the world is changing. the fastest-growing part of the world is a asian-pacific region. by us working closely together to upgrade and revamp our trade relationship, we are also in a position to project outward and start selling more goods and services around the world. that means more jobs and more
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businesses that are successful in mexico and in the united states. some of that will be bilateral. finding ways that we can reduce trade frictions, improving transportation and infrastructure, how we can improve our clean energy cooperation, you have a situation in which energy that is created in power plant in california sometimes is sold during non-peak times into mexico. it makes it more efficient on both sides of the border. that reduces costs for consumers on both sides. those are the kinds of areas that we continue to refine and improve upon. that is what this high level economic dialogue will accomplish. even as we are improving our
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bilateral negotiations, we are aligned in projecting both to the pacific and atlantic in saying, let's make sure that we are taking advantage of all of the economic opportunities around the world. when the u.s. does well, mexico does well. when mexico does all, the u.s. does well. that is what i want to make sure we are focused on. when economy is growing, when people have opportunities, then a lot of other problems are solved or least we have the resources to solve. that is something we want to make sure we are focused on during the rest of my term in office and the rest of president pena nieto's term in office.
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>> kathleen of the "los angeles times." >> thank you. mr. president, i want to ask about a domestic issue. the fda rule on the morning after pill came out this week. it prohibits girls under 15 from under -- from buying the morning-after pill. i wonder if it resolves some of the concerns you expressed last year about your role as a father and if you believe there is scientific evidence to justify the 15-year-old cut off. and for president pena nieto, i want to ask you about the president's most recent attempt to pass new legislation on gun control that did not pass in the senate. i'm wondering if you talked about this in your meeting and if you have urged him to try again. do you think there is more you could do without approval form congress?
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thank you. >> this is a decision that was made by the fda. it is not my decision to make. the first time around where there were no age restrictions, secretary sibelius expressed concerns and i supported those concerns. i -- the role that has been put forward by the fda secretary sibelius has shown choose comfortable with it. i'm very comfortable with it and supportive of contraception. it is important that women have control over their healthcare choices and when they are
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starting a family. that is their decision to make. we want to make sure they have access to contraception. we have a little bit of a fuss around what we're doing with the affordable care act. but i think that is the right thing to do. the current ruling, you phrase it as prohibiting, but i phrase it as they are now allowing contraception to be sold over- the-counter for 15-year-olds and older. it does not resolve the question of girls younger than 15. there was a court case that came up that is being appealed by the justice department that is a justice department decision. my understanding is part of it has to do with the precedent and the way in which the judge handled that case.
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my suspicion is that the fda may now be called upon to make further decisions about whether there is sufficient scientific evidence for girls younger than 15. that is the fda's decision to make. that is secretary sibelius' decision to review. i know you did not direct the question to me, that i do want to editorialize this for second on guns. i think all of your mexican counterparts understand and as i spoke with president pena nieto, we recognize we have obligations when it comes to guns that are often times being shifted down south and contribute into violence in mexico. but frankly, what i am most moved by are the victims of gun violence in mexico and back
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home. i said the day the legislation that was proposed, the date it failed to get 60 votes, that was not the end, but the beginning. it took 6, 7, 8 tries to get that. things happen somewhat slowly in washington. this is only the first round. when you have got 90% of the american people supporting the initiative that we put forward on background checks and making sure that they cannot just send someone with a clean record to buy a gun on their behalf, when have commonsense legislation like that but the overwhelming majority of americans, including gun owners, those of us who
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strongly support the second amendment, i believe we will eventually get that done. i will keep trying. i do not mean to horn in on president pena nieto's response, but i want to be clear that we will keep at it. i am persistent. >> i believe that we have an agreement with president obama's words. what mexico would like to see happening in the u.s. is better control of the sales of weapons. we cannot ignore the efforts made by president obama and his administration in order to approve better control of weapons.
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90% are in favor of gun control. this is a domestic issue in the u.s. in terms of the areas that we are working in collaboration, areas that we can address, [no audio] many lives of mexicans have been lost to that. guns bought in the united states have reached mexican soil. we are working on our commitment to working together towards making our borders safer. we will keep on supporting you
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to have better gun control in your country. we are not going to wait until that happens. we are working to gather more intelligence information and we are taking action to have safer borders so that we do not have weapons of being smuggled into mexico that end up hurting many mexicans. >> thank you, everyone. >> mucho gracias. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]
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