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remember, many people do not think it would take hold at all, has held through february, late march, through marched into april and now into may. it is only in the last couple of asks it has become as frayed it has and hopefully we can be restored. has and hopefully can be restored. take the rate at which civilians have been killed, about 200 a day, work out the math. andrally thousands of lives many people have received assistance you hadn't previously. know that a lot of us bear responsibility here. those who support the opposition, those who support opposition have an obligation to work with the
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opposition to work from breaking cessation or engaging in any acts that put the parties at risk. and russia have a particular responsibility that they assume at the same time we assume hours. we all signed the same agreement and support of the same un security council resolution for a nationwide cessation of hostilities and a nationwide full delivery of humanitarian assistance within all of syria. russia has an ability to impact us, the united states has the ability to impacted, and we readily acknowledge that and accept our responsibility. we believe this effort in the or so is key day
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to providing the ability for the parties to come back to geneva and engage in the real meat of this possibility of any kind of political settlement, which is to discuss the transition -- transitional governing body set out in the geneva communicate. as we work to get the cessation back on track, we are working to get a full humanitarian access. accompanied with full humanitarian access. we know beyond a doubt syrian block foodinues to and medical supplies from getting to the people who are in desperate need, and that includes removing critical medicines and surgical supplies from those deliveries. of thesult, some areas
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damascus suburbs have not received any supplies in years. that is unconscionable and has to stop. there is a lot of work yet to do. we remain committed. that theust comment u.n. in terms of its systems, the u.n. working closely with the syrian red crescent has today since the february cessation began, has conduct did 57 humanitarian assistance convoys since february 14. that includes more than 700 trucks, delivery life saving inistance to 678,000 people 23 hard to reach and besieged areas. the u.n. world food program has
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conducted a teen airdrops that have delivered more than 284 assistance of food to approximately 100,000 people in the besieged city as of april 28. assistance, the remains several hundred thousand people in besieged areas who have not received assistance according to the united nations. humanitarian organizations need to be granted access. committed, as i think i have made clear to get the cessation of hostilities reaffirmed where it has been kept up. to gettingommitted
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access to humanitarian relief to asch the regime committed required by the security council resolution and we continue to remain committed to working toward a political transition away from assad because only if you transition away can you actually and this more. topic, if important can take a moment, as i think many of you know, today is world press freedom day. while i hope and believe we at the state department honor and respect members of the present all times and certainly the freedom of the press and we have . healthy dialogue john kirby stands appear every day or someone from our public affairs department and there's question after westjet
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engagement, but i wanted to take a moment today because it is world press freedom day, i wanted to pay special respect to what this really means and what it is all about. it is no secret we live in a turbulent era and at the heart of a lot of that turbulence is a truth versusd over outright lies or obfuscation and denial of truth. you look behind the conflict or thea, iraq or ukraine tensions on the korean peninsula for the south china sea or the terrorist propaganda that degrades our social media or the campaigns by civil society to confront high-level corruption you will see in
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all of those places and all of those efforts a fundamental and youo define reality will see efforts by some people to invent out of whole cloth or to obscure the truth. to cover up events that did happen and make up stories about is that didn't. you will see ill intentioned state and nonstate actors alike trying to intimidate, co-op, sensor and silence those whose job is to investigate and report the truth. world press freedom day is a day to reflect on the importance of the struggle and to reiterate as plainly as possible our determination to push back against the enemies and saboteurs of truth. there is a clear separation
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between the responsibilities of this department and those of a free and independent press. but there is not a scintilla of difference in our mutual support for the fundamental principle of fresno freedom or our understanding of the critical role played by journalists not only in democracies that in countries where political and civil rights are fragile and areas of conflict where the hazards of reporting are at their most extreme. forgetpersonally never when i was driving in ukraine from the city to the airport, having a ukrainians it with me in the car pointing out a point along the road where a journalist had been dragged out of her car and nearly beaten to death. there are many other places where reporters have died in the
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effort to report the truth. i deeply admire the effort made by the media, the organizations and others by individuals in the press to protect journalists and increase awareness of safety issues and call attention to abuses. i want to reiterate the state ofartment's strong backing those measures will continue and our ongoing commitment is to supplement them wherever we can. as i speak, the united states and usaid has a orton programs that support independent media efforts in more than 30 countries. through our safe initiative, we have invited digital and physical security, training to more than 750 journalists worldwide and we are increasing our funding to 2.5 million
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dollars this year so we can train even more. arere watching -- we launching a program with tools and technologies in southeast asia that would allow them to work safely in places where they are likely to face intimidation and violence. promote dialogue between american and international journalists with tech camps and workshops and fellowships. hope, be made more confident by the notion that we absolutely in 10 to continue to speak out publicly and behind the scenes to defend the rights both generically and with respect to individuals who have been threatened, abducted, or unjustly imprisoned or detained. this applies to print reporters, broadcasters, loggers,
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photographers, cartoonists and other media workers as well. january, i had the pleasure and privilege of welcoming jason rezaian home after 441 days of cap tivoli. me as he talked to me about that ordeal how simply straight forward his agenda was, is, and remains. he did not go to iran to advance an ideology or make a political point. he went there to ask lane to his own country what life was really like in the country of his toestors and he wanted replace misconceptions with accurate perceptions. that is all, but that is everything. every journalist is unique but in the basic desire to report the fact in all of their color
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and all of their depth, jason was simply trying to do what reporters are supposed to do. governments to crack down on that may seek to convey strength but what they actually convey is eight deeply rooted in security and we this. on world press freedom day, we want to be clear here from the podium of the state department of the united dates of america that no government, no matter its pretensions or accomplishments can fairly claim respect if it citizens are not allowed to say what they believe were denied the right to learn about events and decisions that affect their lives. a country without a free and independent press has nothing to bag -- nothing to brag about, nothing to teach, and no way to fulfill its potential. to those who try to coerce or
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imprison reporters, we will always say loudly and clearly that committing journalism, come -- reporting on the truth is not a crime. badge of honor and we salute all near and far proudly wear that badge. >> -- >> he secretary has a very full day this afternoon. >> thank you for those comments. syria andask about the situation involving this meeting you are talking about coming up in 30 minutes. expectations something will be finalized at this meeting more are there sticking points that remain? if there are, what are those sticking points? if in the event something is
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next step?hat is the when do you expect proximity talks to resume? is there isour hope not a sticking point. our hope is that teams have been able to work out whatever questions were raised at the earlier session may had today and our hope is they are able to come to an agreement and we can move forward on the agreement. if that doesn't happen, i'm still confident we will find a way to be able to work through, if it isn't in the next hour, in the next day or so. we want this sooner rather than later. teams havethat the been able to resolve at the technical, military, and expert level the ways to work through certain questions. -- is not ons that
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the list. they are a terrorist organization and because they are in close proximity to some other people who may have signed up for this agreement, there is a great deal of tension over the question of our they separate enough to be able to attack? have they co-mingle? those are the kinds of things that have to be worked out so that there's no misunderstanding that invites someone to self-help their own interpretation. we want to avoid self-help. we want to have a clarity so we are able to separate people and be able to reach an agreement as to who is doing what, where, when and how. , we have a be done better chance of holding onto the cessation of hostilities. it is very difficult in a few places.
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we don't control the terrorist. move and make their own decisions to try to use people as a human shield and that is where it gets complicated. there has been a very real reason of -- real spirit of cooperation at table. people have been working professionally to try to resolve these complicated challenges. with respect to the second part of the western, you would have to ask for the specific date but i know you have to have this take hold bit and have to have confidence that it is real and get the delivery of goods. beginpe is people could to come back in the near term in the next week or so. expectnot too long, we
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to be scheduling a meeting in newr to talk through this meeting and make sure everyone is on the same page. >> these negotiations, although you say they are in good spirit are between the u.s. and the russians. is only adhering to the cessation of hostilities where it has been holding. experts on the ground feel there's a clear strategy even if the regime were to accept aleppo. i'm wondering at what point do you call a spade a spade and talk about a plan b? is it time to increase pressure for russia and the regime on the battlefield?
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what good is all your cease-fire recommendations if there is no consequences to these violations, which there don't seem to be. the simple reality is what i just described. in much of the country, there's a clarity that exist and the cease-fire has been real. people today are sitting in cafes. -- hey are holding sec. kerry: they are in other areas and there's a large part of the country being held by isil in there, we are consistently continuing to prosecute the war against them. the northwest part, it is more complicated. the line they are trying to draw now would prohibit any kind of
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incursion into a and would not allow aleppo to fall or allow this to be prosecuted. unequivocally, if assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions and one of them would be the total destruction of the cease-fire and they go i don'twork for the think russia wants that and i don't think a sod going to benefit from that, but there may be other repercussions being discussed. future. is for the we are working hard to try to that -- in alace way that protects the integrity of aleppo. assad's strategy is to think he's going to just carve out aleppo, i've got news for you and for him. this war doesn't end.
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it is simply physically impossible for a thought to carve out an area and pretend he's somehow going to make it safe while the underlying issues are unresolved in this war and as long as assad is there, the opposition is not going to stop fighting him. one way or the other. and it will bee no long-term security and peace for syria. it's just not going to happen. we have said that clearly to the russians and the iranians and others have said it, not just us. the saudi's have said it, the turks have said it, other participants in this endeavor, everybody at the table has said you cannot end this as long as assad continues because he cannot reunite the country. it is that simple.
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having gassed bull, drop alms on hospitals, driven 12 million people out of their homes, what do they claimmacy to run the country. how yourd to understand make peace out of that record of chaos and everybody -- and depravity. russia and iran are going to have to record highs, as they have in the political process they have adopted that they have embraced a transitional governing body. that's clearly what geneva says and if they are not prepared to follow up on it, this will not hold. i've said it before, i've said it to president putin. there isot hold unless
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a bona fide effort to put in place a transition and we are where wento the time stood in moscow and said the target date for the transition is the first of august. to may.ming up either something happened in these next two months or they are asking for a very different track. thank you. the white house also weighed in on the situation in syria. josh earnest says the u.s. is working tenaciously through bothmatic channels to get sides to commit to a cessation of hostilities. here is part of that. josh: it is true the united states is concerned about the violence in and around aleppo. the security situation around there, as bad as it has been for some time now is to rating. it's an indication that the
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cessation of hostilities is continuing to fray in and around some areas in aleppo. that is why the united states has been working tenaciously to of to refresh the cessation hostilities. that involves working through the you and process and involves working with our allies and working with opposition forces to persuade them to live up to the commitment a have made. senior involves diplomatic officials from the u.s. government urging the russian government to use the influence they have in the assad regime to persuade the syrian government to abide by the cessation of hostilities. from alooking at this
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variety of perspectives because to resolving the situation in syria. we have to bring about a political transition. to address the chaos there. occurransition will not while innocent people are getting massacred. we are continuing to bring about the cessation of hostilities, both in nurturing political talks and for humanitarian relief surprise -- applies to be delivered. we have made some important continue toe areas be deprived of badly needed humanitarian aid. there's a lot of work being done to try to refresh the cessation
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of hostilities. >> secretary kerry said the deal was signed today on the regime. did the rebel assault today prevent that from happening? : i don't think in has been reached or announced at this point. i think it's an indication of how deep the involved the .ecretary of state has been of cessation of hostilities in those are to the country where we have seen it rate down. aleppo is certainly an area where we have seen too much violence and the continued escalation of that violence is troubling. we are working diligently through a variety of channels to persuade both sides to go back
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to observing a cessation of hostilities that have held until just a few weeks ago. part of that, i referred to this yesterday -- we know the russian government has sufficient influence to persuade them to abide by the cessation of hostilities. we've seen that begin to fray and the truth is we need the russians to do what they did once before. clear abiding by the cessation is critical. >> [inaudible] josh: what i'm saying is our
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strategy has been to work through the u.n. process to the as hes of the u.n. envoy tries to bring both sides to the table. the united states has reached out directly to our allies that have influence with opposition figures and there has been work we have done to persuade them to abide by the cessation of hostilities. we have worked through the russians to persuade the assad regime to live up to the commitment they have made as well. is one that provided a path to a largely successful implementation earlier this year. we are trying to get back to that. was firste cease-fire agreed upon, administration officials said it would eat big
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test for russia to see if they .re serious about this at this time, it was going better than expected. now that we are seeing so many violations and you mentioned russia should have this influence over them, would you say russia has passed this test ire not eschew mark josh: thek it's fair to say russians have previously been successful in persuading the thed regime to abide by cessation. they've done it before, so they have the capacity to do it. we are hopeful that they will. you blame them? josh: both sides have contributed to the cessation of
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violence in aleppo. forcesu have government that have much more firepower than opposition firefighters on the ground, there's a significant responsibility borne by the government when it comes to living up to commitments they have made in the context of the cessation of hostilities. we are concerned about the escalation of violence and there has been violence carried out by both sides. we are going to go back to earth sought -- to both sides and urge them to live up to that. we certainly believe there is more that russia can and should do. russia has succeeded in their efforts in the past two play an the largelyle in
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successful implementation of the cessation of hostilities. the russian government has the capacity to persuade the regime to live up to their commitments and we hope that a will live up to refresh use that the sensation of hostilities, particularly in the areas around aleppo where it has been fraying with very bad consequences. >> in iraq and afghanistan, help both countries with their constitutions, being a onilitator of an agreement key issues. your influence is suitable. the state or the government is anxious to meet with you. >> the former ambassador to iraq, afghanistan and the united nations discusses his memoir. extremists such as
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zarqawi exploited. we've when connected to the end of the time that i was there and by building up iraqi forces and establishing a unity government. security,bout violence was way down. vacuum wast, the filled by regional powers pulling iraq apart. on c-span'say night "q&a." tv onrican history c-span3 -- >> we are here to review the major findings of fbi domestic intelligence. including programs aimed at domestic progress. surveillance of law-abiding citizens and groups, local abuses of fbi intelligence and
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cases of unjustified intelligence operations. >> the 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate -- the fbi and irs. -- using burglary, electronic surveillance in the opening of mail. black bag jobs until a number of years in 1966, it was successful and valuable, particularly in matters involving espionage. that has given the climate that we thought it had to do. she wasame and said
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from czechoslovakia and she was there and spoke. we asked her what is happening you see that smoke. >> a holocaust survivor recalls her family's experience in the nazi occupied ghettos and at auschwitz. this was part of the holocaust memorial museum's first-person series. history --tures in >> and anarchist name alexander berkman road into his office in pittsburgh, shot him twice and repeatedly stabbed him. however, it was one of the great failures in assassination history.
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not only did he failed to kill him, he undermined the strikers for which he was professing sympathy. public opinions on his outburst as a discredit to the union movement. >> robert childs on the labor and social unrest at the turn of the 20th century. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1968 presidential campaign of george wallace. go to c-span.org for the schedule. >> the polls in indiana close in about 25 minutes. writes donaldst" is hoping for a decisive victory tonight crushing the never trump movement. a complete victory would give him 57 more convention delegates . that would not be enough to clinch the nomination.
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here are a couple of ads running in indiana. ted cruz voted for obama's job killing trade. he supportedze amnesty for 11 million illegals. only donald trump would stand up to china, japan and mexico and renegotiate bad trade deals. >> i'm donald trump and i approve this is it. >> i'm ted cruz and i approve this message. next donald trump is lying about ted cruz. ted cruz voted against tpa and is voting to stop tpp. eightpped the gang of industry bill. also had a $1 million
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judgment against him for hiring illegals and trump still brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace americans. what a phony. >> we will find out how it all turns out tonight with 57 republican delegates up for grabs. our live program with candidate speeches is right here on c-span tonight. we will bring you senator bernie sanders campaigning in louisville, kentucky tonight in about one hour. also right here on c-span. we had a chance earlier today to talk with a reporter about the indiana primary. here it is. , a reporter for the "indianapolis star." good morning. thanks for joining us. and the all important delegate count, what does it mean for indiana terms of delegates, both for republicans and democrats? guest: it's especially important
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on the republican side, where lastis sort of ted cruz's best chance to stop donald trump and lock up the nomination and prevents a contested convention. trump -- is not possible for him to reach the number he needs today. but looking ahead to the states that are going to be voting, between now and the convention, indiana really is, for ted cruz, one of his last best chances to try and halt donald trump, especially with the momentum the trunk has coming off of the win in new york and five other mid-atlantic in northeastern states. how many republican delegates are involved, and how are they apportioned? guest: there are 57 delegates at stake in indiana today. most of those are winner take
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all. whoever wins statewide will win 30 of those delegates. the other 27 delegates are divvied out to the winner of each of indiana's nine congressional districts. district hasional three delegates up for grabs. one of thesible that other candidates who doesn't win could get 3, 6, 9 delegates. but most of the delegates will be awarded to the winner. which is why it's pretty high stakes here in indiana. host: as far as polling is concerned, our public inside, who is ahead? guest: most of the polls are showing donald trump as a lead. one shows ted cruz in the lead, but i think there is more than half a dozen others that show
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trump in the lead. thes leaving here, but polling has been erratic. it's hard to know how much stock to put in those. we saw indiana's governor endorsed ted cruz, we saw him choose carly fiorina. any of those showing any momentum for ted cruz? guest: it's hard to say, it's been wild, that's for sure. this week, he is starting to deal with john kasich, where he agreed not to campaign here, and ted cruz agreed not to campaign in these two western states. that shook things up little bit, at least, ted cruz was hoping it would, turning it into the first two-man race of the primary season. and then he announced that carly fiorina would be his running mate, which is pretty unprecedented. candidates don't typically do that until after they locked up the nomination.
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and then more recently, he announced -- governor pence here in indiana endorsed ted cruz. effortsn almost daily from ted cruz to shake up this race and try to gain an ad share on trump. i think today is the poll that is going to tell us whether those efforts are working or not. host: before we let you go, on the democratic side, hillary clinton has a lead they are in indiana. what did that mean for democrats, and have we seen a lot of effort from both hillary clinton and bernie sanders in the state? from: you seem more effort bernie sanders, although both candidates have been there several times. for sanders, it's an opportunity for him to try and slow hillary's -- what seems at this point to be a pretty sure bet for her getting the nomination.
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but indiana has a lot of factory , a lot of those workers are finding bernie's message appealing. here that it has been in some of the other states. for sanders, this is really an opportunity to try and make sure that his message stays out there , that he plays a role in shaping the message of the nominating process moves forward. tony >> recently, our campaign 2016 bus stop that grow city college, slippery rock university, washington and jefferson college and harrisburg area community college where students, ouressors learned about
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resources and coverage of the campaign trail. the sitters were able to share their thoughts about the upcoming election. our bus ended in mornington, pennsylvania where it honored ninth graders for the winning videos. official thanks to our cable partners for their help in making these ed visits. you can view all the winning documentaries at even cam.org. secretary, we probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states.
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>> the road to both conventions tonight goes through indiana where 57 republican delegates and 97 democratic delegates are at stake. we'll have live results and your phone calls coming up on his band tonight. before that, senator bernie sanders is in kentucky and in louisville tonight, holding a rally there. we will have live coverage at 7:30 eastern here on c-span. the "wall street journal" says hillary clinton is focused on the fight this fall in the general election versus donald trump. mrs. clinton was in athens, ohio at a diner talking with the folks there and went on to another location to talk about jobs. let's take a look.
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>> i met you when i was 20. clinton: that was such an amazing rally. >> i was in high school then and i was with the media crew. my husband is the general manager here at the diner. thank you so much for coming. ms. clinton: how are you? >> fine.
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[indiscernible] >> thank you very much. ms. clinton: you're welcome. it is exciting to be back. with your help, that is what we are going to do. [indiscernible]
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>> we are looking forward to voting for you in the general election. i teach women in politics next year. ms. clinton: a lot to talk about. noah.s is my new friend >> [indiscernible] ms. clinton: we are going to campaign on both of those things. do you want to get a picture together?
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let me back it out. [laughter] you are so welcome. [indiscernible]
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ms. clinton: i feel good. i feel generally good. i'm having a great time here. athens and ibe in look forward to coming back in the future and being here today about what we are going to do in withregion and meetings people i met when i first came, so it is a nostalgic return. we then in athens so many
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times with governor strickland. ms. clinton: athens is such a beautiful place. herethe university reading -- just want toople stay after they graduate. ms. clinton: and it is so beautiful. i love it. >> how do you feel about indiana? having aon: we are great time. i'm excited to be back in ohio. days, i've hadwo some extraordinary conversations, tough and honest. i've met with coal families who
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want to be thanked as they should be, for the work that they and their grandparents did. steel worker families who don't understand how china gets away with undercutting our jobs and is mrs.. -- and businesses. and i met with rail workers who watched as the decline in class -- decline in real service which cost jobs now and will cut the region off from more jobs later. everyone who took the time to tell me about their lives, both the good and the bad, i am grateful and thank you. i will not forget your generosity. thanks to you, i learned a lot, which is what i came here to do. we started in ashland, for -- ashland, kentucky where i met with steel workers the factory
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they worked in was idled. williamson,e to west virginia, a county than the coalfields where the community is working hard to build a more diverse economy after losing hundreds of jobs. today, we had a conversation and charleston, west virginia that was sorrowful and inspiring with people in recovery for addiction and the doctors, counselors, police officers, recovering addicts and others who are helping them make -- helping them get back on their feet. i am ending my trip in athens because small businesses like jackie o's are what make this entrepreneurial community. we need more of that. [applause] it should not have to to be
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said, but i will say it -- appalachia is a vital part of the united states. [applause] today and people across this region are vital to america's future and i know that too often, people feel like they are not treated that way. but you should he. some ofia is home to the most resilient, hard-working people anywhere on this planet to you deserve every chance it ahead and stay ahead in america. our country succeeds only one working all everywhere can succeed, not just in big cities but in the hills of eastern kentucky, right here in southern ohio, deep in the coalfields of west virginia, the small towns
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that. this part of america. we need to break down all the barriers holding people back, not just here in appalachia but across america so everyone can share in the promise of our country. families here like families everywhere want the same things -- good jobs that pay enough to provide a middle-class life. good opportunities for kids when they graduate. communitiescoming to grow up in an grow old in and something less tangible but just as essential -- phase in the future and confidence that your kids and grandkids will have all the choices and opportunities they deserve. that should not be too much to ask. especially for a place that has done so much in america.
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for generations, appalachian coal put the lights on people's homes and kept assembly lines rolling and factories. hold ournts helped skyscrapers and win world war ii. appellation chemical plants made the products that have shaped modern life. these were tough jobs, but they provided a ticket to the middle class. but it was not an easy ride. more than 100,000 -- let me repeat that -- more than 100,000 miners died on the job in the 20th century in america. manythan twice that succumb to black lung disease. workers putine their lives on the line in places like harlan county to secure the right to organize, bargain collect only, and protect the well-being of minors
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on the job and in retirement. their hard-won victories helped strengthen the labor movement nationwide and was workers, not just those in unions but countless workers have benefited in all kinds of industries. there is no question the workers of appalachia made people more prosperous and more secure. ,hat legacy should be honored not only as a rich chapter in our history but must always strive to repay that debt. i know that for a lot of people in this region, these words may sound nice, but it's not so easy to believe them. you have have a lot of politicians make a lot of promises to you over the years that they cannot keep. i'm not going to do that. what i can promise you is this
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-- if i have the honor of serving as your president, i will fight are you and your families whether you vote for me or not. [applause] i will be your partner and i will not for one minute give up on appalachia, not on your workers, your retirees for your community. some of you may be wondering how i can say all of this. here in ohio, during the primary, it sounded like i must've have said something differently about coal miner jobs. plainly i misspoke. to say that directly to the disrespectould never
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people here. i know that some may well say i'm talking about coal country, i'm talking about steelworkers, i'm talking about steelworkers because of the election. isn't one where a lot of democrats running for president tend to win a lot of votes these days. i know there are people in this region -- i met with them yesterday -- you find it hard thinking about working -- voting for any, pratt were voting for me particularly. i'm going to keep trying to convince people otherwise, but that is not what this trip is about. i'm here because i want to be your president because i believe our best years can still be ahead of us. i'm absolutely sure of that, but it's not going to require not just what the president does but
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what we are all going to do, it's going to require being inspired by that spirit that has animated american history that we don't just diagnose our problems and thing about them, we roll up our sleeves and solve them. learning more about the lives of the people here and what they could work -- what they want for -- there'ses is nothing i take more seriously than that. i have said to people i'm going .o try to earn every note i can even if people don't vote for me in november, i'm going to be with them and with you every single day. let me be clear -- at a time when our energy sector is changing rapidly, we need to invest in coal communities. we need to figure out how to bring new jobs and industries to them and we need to stand up to coal company executives
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trying to shirk their responsibility to their workers and retirees. [applause] the energy market is changing here in america and around the world, but coal is still part of our energy supply. ofhough it produces far less our electricity than it once did. even china is starting to burn less coal, that is good for the planet, but it has hurt american coal exports from this region. and no matter what some politicians tell you, these trends are here to stay. you've got solar panels, don't you? on top of this brewery. we are not going to go back to an energy system that looks like it did in the 20th century. we know we need to protect our
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children's health and futures by combating i'm a change in accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy. [applause] hillary clinton: but that is still a transition. anyone who pretends we can flip a switch and be in the clean energy future tomorrow is not being honest with you, either. we need to try everything we can to cut carbon pollution. that includes supporting cutting edge work being done right here , in institutions, working on carbon capture technology. this is too important to take any possible solution off the table. i believe we are going to go around the country talking about the clean energy economy, which i have done for more than a year