please join me as the american medical association welcomes the president of the united states, arauca bala. [applausebarack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. it's good to see you. thank you. thank you so much. please everybody, be seated. thank you so much. your very kind. thank you. let me begin by thanking nancy for the wonderful introduction. i want to thank doctor joseph heyman, the chair of the board of trustees as well as doctor jeremy lazarus, speaker of house of delegates are thanks to all of you for bringing me home or even if it's just for a day. [applause] >> you know, from the moment i took office as president, the central challenge we confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since world war ii. and in recent months we have taken a series of extraordinary steps, not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy but to build a new foundation for lasting and sustained growth. we are here to create new jobs. to unfreeze our credit markets. for stemming the loss of homes and the decline of home values. al