between people sent a generation to their deaths in the trenches and gas of the first world war and just two decades later, extreme nationalism plunged this continent into war once again work populations enslaved and great cities reduced to rubble, and tens of millions slaughtered, including those lost in the holocaust. it is in response to this tragic history that in the aftermath of world war ii, america joined

aftermath of world war ii, america joined with europe to reject the darker forces of the past. and build a new architecture of architecture of peace. workers and engineers gave life to the marshall plan, sentinels stood vigil in a nato alliance that would become the strongest the world has ever known. and across the atlantic, we embraced a shared vision of europe. a vision based on representative democracy. individual rights. and a belief that nations can meet the interests of their citizens through trade and open marks. -- markets. a social safety net, respect for those of different faiths and backgrounds. for decades this vision stood in sharp contrast to life on the other side of an iron curtain. for decades, a contest was

waged. and ultimately that contest was won, not by tanks or missiles, but because our ideals stired the hearts of hungarians who sparked a revolution. poles in their ship yards who stood in solidarity. czechs who waged the velvet revolution without firing a shot. and east berlinners who marched past the guards and finallier to down that wall. -- and finally tore down that wall. today, what would have seemed impossible in the trenches of flanders, the rubble of berlin, a dissident's prison cell, that reality is taken for granted. a germany unified. the nations of central and eastern europe welcomed into the family of democracies. here in this country, once the battleground of europe, we meet in the hub of a union that brings together age old adversaries in peace and cooperation.

the people of europe, hundreds of millions of citizens, east, west, north, south, are more secure and more prosperous because we stood together for the ideals we share. this story of human progress was by no means limited to europe. indeed, the ideals ha came to define our alunes also inspired movements across the globe. among those very people, ironically, who had too often been denied their full rights by western powers. after the second world war, people from africa to india threw off the yolk of colonialism to secure their independence.

and the united states -- in the united states, citizens took freedom runs and endured beatings to secure an end to segregation and secure their rights. as the iron curtain fell here in europe, the iron fist of apartheid was unclefrpbled and nelson mandela emerged upright, proud, from prison to lead a multiracial democracy. latin american nations rejected dictatorships and built new demock sis and asian nations showed that development and democracy could go hand in hand. the young people in the audience today, the young people like laura, were born in a place and time where there is less conflict, more prosperity and more freedom than any time in human history. but that's not because man's darkest impulses have vanished. even here in europe, we've seen ethnic cleansing in the balkan this is a shocked the conscience.

the difficulties of integration and globalization, recently amplified by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, strained the european project and stired the lives -- stired to life a politic this is a too often targets immigrants or gays or those who seem somehow different. while technology has opened up vast opportunities for trade and innovation and cultural understanding, it's also allowed terrorists to kill on a horrifying scale. around the world, sectarian warfare and ethnic conflicts continue to claim thousands of lives. and once again, we are confronts with the belief among some that bigger nations can bully smaller ones to get their way. that recycled maxim that might somehow makes right. so i come here today to insist

that we must never take for granted the progress that has been won here in europe and advanced around the world. because the contest of ideas continues. for your generation. and that's what's at stake in ukraine today. russia's leadership is challenging truths that only a few weeks ago seemed self-evident, that in the 21st century, the borders of europe cannot be redrawn with force. that international law matters. that people and nations can make their own decisions about their future. to be honest, we define our interests narrowly, if we applied a coldhearted calculus, we might decide to look the other way. our economy is not deeply integrated with ukraine's. our people and our homeland face no direct threat from the invasion of crimea.

our own borders are not threatened by russia's annexation. but that kind of casual indifference would ignore the lessons that are written in the cemeteries of this continent. it would allow the old way of doing things to regain a foothold in this young century. that message would be heard not just in europe but in asia and

the americas, in africa and the mideast. and the consequence this is a would arise from complacency are not abstractions. the impact that they have on the lives of real people, men and women just like us, have to enter into our imaginations. just look at the young people of ukraine who were determined to take back their future from a government rotted by corruption. the portraits of the fallen shot by snipers. the visitors who pay their respects. the university student rapped in the ukrainian flag expressing her hope that every country should live by the law. a postgraduate student speaking of her fellow protesters saying, i want these people who are here to have dignity. imagine that you are the young woman who said, there are some things that fear, police sticks and tear gas cannot destroy. we've never met these people. but we know them. their voices echo calls for human dignity that rang out in european streets and squares for generations. their voices echoed those around

the world who at this very moment fight for their dignity. these ukrainians rejected a government that was stealing from the people instead of serving them and are reaching for the same ideals that allow us to be here today. none of us can know for certain

what the coming days will bring in ukraine. but i am confident that eventually those voices, those voices for human dignity and opportunity and individual rights and rule of law, those voices ultimately will triumph. i believe that over the long haul, as nations that are free, as free people, the future is ours. i believe this not because i'm naive and i believe this not because of the strength of our arms or the size of our economy. i believe this because these ideals that we affirm are true. these ideals are universal. yes, we believe in democracy. with elections that are free and fair. and independent judiciaries and opposition parties, civil society and uncensored information so individuals can make their own choices. yes, we believe in open economies based on free markets and innovation

and individual initiative and entrepreneurship and trade and investment that creates a broader prosperity. and, yes, we believe in human dignity. that every person is created equal. no matter who you are or what you look like or who you love or where you come from. that is what we believe. that's what makes us strong. and our enduring strength is also reflected in our respect for an international system that protects the rights of both nations and people.

a united nations and a universal declaration of human rights, international law and the means to enforce those laws. but we also know that those rules are not self-executing. they depend on people and nations of goodwill continually affirming them. and that's why russia's violation of international law is an assault on ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, must be met with condemnation. not because we're trying to keep russia down but because the principles that have meant so much to europe and the world must be lifted up. over the last several days the united states, europe and our partners around the world have been united in defense of these ideals. and united in support of the

ukrainian people. together we've condemned russia's invasion of ukraine and reject the legitimacy of the crimean referendum. together we have isolated russia politically, suspending it from the g-8 nations and downgrading our bilateral ties. together we are imposing costs through sanctions that have left a mark on russia and those accountable for its actions. and if the russian leadership stays on its current course, together we will ensure that this isolation deepens. sanctions will expand and the toll on russia's economy as well as its standing in the world will only increase. and meanwhile the united states and our allies will continue to support the government of ukraine as they chart a democratic course. together we are going to provide a significant package of

assistance that can help stabilize the ukrainian economy and meet the basic needs of the people. make no mistake, neither the united states nor europe has any interest in controlling ukraine. we have sent no troops there. what we want is for the ukrainian people to make their own decisions. just like other free people around the world. understand as well, this is not another cold war that we're entering into. after all, unlike the soviet union, russia leads no block of nations, no global ideology. the united states and nato do not seek any conflict with russia. in fact, for more than 60 years we have come together in nato not to claim other lands but to keep nations free. what we will do always is uphold

our solemn obligation, our article five duty to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our allies and in that promise we will never waiver. nato nations never stand alone. today nato planes patrol the skies over the balance tacks and we've reinforced our presence in poland and we're prepared to do more. going forward, every nato member state must step up and carry its share of the burden. by showing the political wealth invested in our collective defense and by developing the capabilities to serve as a source of international peace and security. of course ukraine is not a

member of nato. in part because of its close and complex history with russia. nor will russia be dislodged from crimea or deterred from further escalation by military force. but with time, so long as we remain united, the russian people will recognize that they cannot achieve security, prosperity and the status that they seek through brute force. that's why throughout this crisis we will combine our substantial pressure on russia with an open door for diplomacy. i believe that for both ukraine and russia, stable peace will come through de-escalation, direct dialogue between russia and the government of ukraine and the international community, monitors who can ensure that the rights of all ukrainians are protected, a process of constitutional reform within ukraine and free and fair elections this spring. so far russia has resisted diplomatic overtures, annexes in crimea amassing large forces along ukraine's border.

russia's justified these actions as an effort to prevent problems on its own borders. and to protect ethnic russians inside ukraine. of course there is no evidence, never has been, of systemic violence against ethnic russians inside of ukraine. moreover, many countries around the world face similar questions about their borders and ethnic minorities abroad, about sovereignty and self-determination. these are tensions that have led in other places to debate and democratic referendums. conflicts and a uneasy could he existence, these are difficult issues and -- co-existence, these are difficult issues and it's precisely because these

questions are hard that they must be addressed through constitutional means and international laws. so that majorities cannot simply suppress minorities and big countries cannot simply bully the small. in defending its actions, defending its actions, russian leaders have further claimed kosovo as a precedent. an example they say of the west interfering in the affairs of a smaller country, just as they're doing now. but nato only intervened after the people of kosovo were systemically brutalized and killed for years. and kosovo only left serbia after a referendum was organized not outside the boundaries of international law, but in careful cooperation with the united nations and with kosovo's neighbors. none of that even came close to happening in crimea. moreover, russia has pointed to america's decision to go into iraq as an example of western hypocrisy.

it is true that the iraq war was a subject of vigorous debate, not just around the world but in the united states as well. i participated in that debate. and i opposed our military intervention there. but even in iraq, america sought to work within the international system. we did not claim or annex iraq's territory. we did not grab its resources for our own gain. instead we ended our war and left iraq to its people in a fully sovereign iraqi state that can make decisions about its own future.

of course neither the united states nor europe are perfect in adherence to our ideals. nor do we claim to be the sole arbiter of what is right and wrong in the world. we are human, after all. and we face difficult decisions about how to exercise our power. but part of what makes us different is that we welcome criticism. just as we welcome the responsibilities that come with global leadership. we look to the east and the south and see nations poised to play a growing role on the world stage and we consider that a good thing. it reflects the same diversity that makes us stronger as a nation and the forces of integration and cooperation that europe has advanced for decades. and in a world of challenges that are increasingly global, all of us have an interest in

nations stepping forward to play their part, to bear their share of the burden. and to uphold international norms. so our approach stands in stark contrast to the arguments coming out of russia these days. it is absurd to suggest as a steady drum beat of russian voices do that america is somehow conspiring with fascists inside of ukraine. or failing to respect the russian people. my grandfather served in pattin's army, just as many of your fathers and grandfathers fought against fascism. we americans remember well the unimaginable sacrifices made by

the russian people in world war ii. and we have honored those sacrifices. since the end of the cold war, we have worked with russia under successive administrations to build ties of culture and commerce and international community. not as a favor to russia, but because it was in our national interests and together we've secured nuclear materials from terrorists. we welcomed russia into the g-8 and the world trade organization. from the reduction of nuclear arms to the elimination of syria's chemical weapons, we believe the world has benefited when russia chooses to cooperate on the basis of mutual interests and mutual respect. so america and the world and europe has an interest in a strong and responsible russia. not a weak one. we want the russian people to live in security, prosperity and dignity like everyone else. proud of their own history. but that does not mean that russia can run rough shod over its neighbors. just because russia has a deep history with ukraine does not

mean it should be able to dictate ukraine's future. no amount of propaganda can make right something that the world knows is wrong. in the end, every society must chart its own course. america's a path or europe's path is not the only ways to reach freedom and justice. but on the fundamental principle that is at stake here, the ability of nations and peoples to make their own choices, there can be no going back. it's not america that filled the square with protesters.

it was ukrainians. no foreign forces compelled the citizens of tunis and tripoli to rise up. they did so on their own. from the but burmese parliamentarian pursuing reform, we see something irreducible that all of us share as human beings. a truth that will persevere in the face of violence and repression and will ultimately overcome. for the young people here today, i know it may seem easy to see these events as removed from our lives. remote from our daily routines, distant from concerns closer to

home. i recognize that both in the united states and in much of europe there's more than enough to worry about in the affairs of our own countries. there will always be voices who say that what happens in the wider world is not our concern. nor our responsibility. but we must never forget that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom. our democracy, our individual opportunity only exists because those who came before us had the wisdom can and the courage to recognize that ideals will only endure if we see ourselves interested in the success of other peoples and other nations. now is not the time for bluster. the situation in ukraine, like crises in many parts of the world, does not have easy answers, nor a military solution. but at this moment, we must meet

the challenge to our ideals, to our very international order with strength and conviction. and it is you, the young people of europe, young people like laura, who will help decide which way the currents of our history will flow. do not think for a moment that your own freedom, your own prosperity, that your own moral imagination is bound by the limits of your community, your ethnicity or even your country. you're bigger than that. you can help us to choose a

better history. that's what europe tells us. that's what the american experience is all about. i say this as the president of a country that looked to europe for the values that are written into our founding documents and which spilled blood to ensure that those values could endure on these shores. i also say this as the son of a kenyan whose grandfather was a cook for the british. and as a person who once lived in indonesia as it emerged from colonialism. the ideals that unite us matter equally to the young people of

boston or brussels or djakarta or nairobi or krakow or kiev. the success of our ideals comes down to us, including the example of our own lives, our own societies. we know that there always be intolerance but instead of fearing the immigrant, we can welcome it. we can insist on policies that benefit the many, not just the few. that an age of globalization and dizzying change opens the door of opportunity to the marginalized and not just a privileged few. instead of targeting our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, we can use our laws to protect their rights. instead of defining ourselves in opposition to others we can

affirm the aspirations that we hold in common. that's what will make america strong, that's what will make europe strong. that's what makes us who we are. and just as we meet our responsibilities as individuals, we must be prepared to meet them as nations. because we live in a world in which our ideals are going to be challenged again and again by forces that would drag us back into conflict or corruption. we can't count on others to rise to meet those tests. the policies of your government, the principles of your european union will make a critical difference in whether or not the international order that so many generations before you have strived to create continues to move forward or whether or not it retreats.

that's the question we all must answer. what kind of europe, what kind of america, what kind of world will we leave behind? and i believe that if we hold firm to our principles and are willing to back our beliefs with courage and resolve, then hope will ultimately overcome fear and freedom will continue to triumph over tyranny. because that is what forever stirs in the human heart. thank you very much. \[applause]

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congress should address this year. watch the top video starting tuesday in every week day throughout the month at 6:50 a.m. eastern. see all the winning documentaries online at studentcam.org. next week toeturns work on several economic issues. the senate on monday will vote on moving forward with a five-month extension of unemployment in the pits. we are joined by the senior congressional correspondent for market news international. when they do move forward with the actual debate, will the senate have the gop support that got them there in the first place? >> it is hard. the issue has them and pushing or about four or five months. it seems like there is now a little bit of momentum on the senate side. they have a number of republican votes this week. of republicans want to

have some amendments to consider as part of this package. harry reid will certainly want to keep commandments very limited. somenk there is still struggle and the senate. john boehner has said repeatedly that this package, which is a compromise still is not something that he could support. he questions whether it is workable, whether it is forcible. about some reservations the offsets. he has some view that the focus should be creating jobs rather than extending unemployment insurance. it is likely to pass the senate next week but faces a very tough hurdle. this past the house on a voice vote. they're facing a deadline monday, aren't they? >> i think they're likely to

approve it on monday. it was a little controversial. they kicked it over to the senate. harry reid said he did not love the compromise. it is just a one-year patch rather than solving this problem that has existed since the late 90's. it seems likely that they will pass the fix on monday evening. >> another issue they have been handing separately are the sanctions against the ukraine aid bill. they have to come together a lot, and a piece of legislation. how does this get done? probably the house will accept the senate version. there are some thought that they would accept it this week. they voted it. there is some reticence to do this on the ukraine bill.

they are largely the same. the senate ended up backing off the provisions here it they wanted very badly. the democrats have largely pushed aside an issue that the administration wanted. sides are in agreement. by early next week congress will pass the bill for ukraine. harry reid says it is the first of other measures to help ukraine. it will be on the table for a while. >> one of your articles has the headline about the focus on budgets. republicans are ready for a budget blitz. what will, on the house floor next week? >> this is a to pronged offensive. maine will be paul ryan's budget . plan to balance the budget. very interesting.

this will restore the congress budget debate. a couple be working on of process reform bills. they are not huge bills. the way in which baselines are put together. another would allow for the use of dynamic scoring as well as conventional scoring. change which will swift it -- switches to budget items. i think this is largely to set the table on the house floor. the ryan budget will be very interesting to watch. they're wondering if they might use all of this or make some of its own. interesting to see if they putes the program

forward earlier this year. it could be interesting to see how he responds to this anti-poverty initiative. there is to be a lot of aspects of the budget that will be very interesting to look like. changsha is the congressional correspondent for market news. you can follow his reporting at mni-news.com. >> resuming debate on a nomination for judge for the ninth circuit. a vote on the nomination scheduled for 5:30 as well as thevotes proceeding with unemployment insurance. on the house side they are back voting on seven

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