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>> in his weekly address, president obama outlined efforts to prevent college students and sexual assaults. in the republican address, president obama is urged to take action to create job. >> hi everybody. this week i called members of my candidate -- cabinet to the white house. the crime and the outrage of sexual violence. sexual assault is an affront to our basic decency as humans. it is about all of us. the safety of those we love most , our moms, our wives, our daughters, and our sons. when a child starts to question worthstall for -- self after being abused, or a woman drops out of school, or a mom
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struggles to hold down a job and some were her kids after an assault, it is not just these individuals and their families who suffer. our communities and our whole country is held back. we have stepped up our efforts to stop these crimes. this week, we took another important step. an estimated one in five woman -- women is sexually assaulted in college. i have created a white house task force to protect students from sexual assault. we will help schools do a better job of preventing and responding to sexual assault on their campuses. call it should be a place where our young people feel secure and confident. they should go as far as their talents will take them. and we will work to stop sexual assault wherever they happen. our criminal justice system will have the tools and training to prevent these crimes and bring perpetrators to justice. we will reach out to survivors.
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will combat sexual assault in our armed forces. when a member of our military is attacked by the people he or she that is an injustice that no one who volunteers to protect our nation should ever indoor. endure.e -- we have to teach young people, men and women, to be brave enough to put an end to these crimes. we have to teach young men to show women the respect they deserve. i want every young man in america to know that real men do not hurt women. those of us who are fathers have a special obligation to make sure that every young man out there understands that being a a mancognizes -- being means you recognize sexual violence and are outraged by it and do what you can to stop it. we have to stay to anyone who is
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ever been assaulted, you are not alone. we have your back. i've got your back. i will keep pushing for others to step up across my administration. this is a priority for me. not only is president and commander-in-chief, as a husband and father of two extraordinary girls. i hope it is a priority for you. here in the united dates of america, every man and woman, girl and boy, has a right to be safe and protected. they should be able to pursue their piece of the american dream. let's all do our part to make that happen. thank you and have a great weekend. >> in a few days, president obama will deliver his state of the union address. according to recent works, he plans use this beach as -- speech as a kickoff to a europe action. he wants to focus on income inequality.
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americans are hurting. too many of the poorest americans continue to suffer from all job region, skyrocketing debt, and broken promises on health care or. just reform. americans are hurting as a result of his own policies. more than 10 million people are still unemployed nationwide. 2.4 million want to work but have stopped looking for a job. 8 million people have been forced to take part-time jobs because they cannot find full-time jobs stop this administration has agenda to create more government, more spending, more taxes and more debt has created a inequality crisis. those policies have been disparate recently her all that hurtful -- disproportionately heurtful.
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if the president has more of the thing to offer where he fails to acknowledge that his policies have failed to work, he is doing what many leaders have done before him. he is trying to set one group of americans against another group of americans. we do not need more interference from washington. no government can replace it a good job means to the future of a family. republicans want to turn the policies around. we will start with fixing our broken healthcare system. everyday day i hear from missouri residents who are dealing with loss coverage and finding new doctors. decidednistration has what parts of the law to follow and what parts to delay. the president himself has been forced to take back his robbins that people could keep her plans if they like them. this is not the result of a web a glitch. it is a law that is hurting the area families who need good
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paying full-time jobs the most. let's work together to replace a plan that does not work with common sense illusions. -- solutions. we can also help jumpstart job creation or american workers by finding more economic security. there are needless uncertainties about what the future holds. we should eliminate confusing and inefficient government regulations. joined a senator from maine to introduce a bipartisan bill. consolidatedd and needless government regulations. we can also create economic opportunities for american law -- american workers increasing american energy out. that means more american jobs. the keystone xl pipeline is one example.
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we can create tens of thousands of jobs at no cost to tax there's. this product has been stalled -- project has been stalled for more than five years. we should encourage private sector job creation. more american energy means more american jobs. not just the jobs to produce the energy, but we also provide a dependable delivery system to encourage more american manufacturing. republicans are ready for a year of action. they are progrowth approach jobs. the house has already passed a number of bills aimed at jumpstarting the economy. the president says that he will sign executive orders as necessary. congress should insist that he follows the constitution. tosident obama can join us
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rub the nation's economy, or he can push for more regulations, more taxes, and healthcare turmoil. bad policies that hurt poor americans the most. this president must use his europe action -- year of action to have more action and let's talk. >> coming up on c-span, "the communicators," with author nick bilton. after that, c-span fost first lady series featuring barbara bush. then a conversation with supreme court justice even breyer. >> c-span, created by american cable companies in 1989. it is a public service of your television provider.
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>> hatching twitter: a true story of money, power, friendship, and betrayal," is the name of the book. the author nick bilton joins us from san francisco. >> the billion dollar question. the $25 billion question if you look at twitter bot ipo. it is something that is different for everyone. it was started by four people and they were collectively trying to build something that would communicate with each other, would connect them to their friends. they all had different ideas of what it was. the genesis of it, the moment that it started, was to gentlemen. jack dorsey and noah glass. thatwork for a company produced podcast in early 2005.
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