i am here as your candidate becausein large part during four administrations of both parties, a terrible war has been charted behind closed doors. [applause] i want those doors open, and i want that war closed. [applause] i make these pledges above all others. the doors of government will be open, and that war will be closed. [applause] habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics. if we nurture the habit of truth in this campaign, we will continue to be truthful once we are in the white house. [applause] americans as woodrow wilson said in his first campaign of 1912. let me inside the government, and i will tell you what is going on there. [applause] wilson believed and i believe that the destiny of america is always safer in the hands of the people than in the conference rooms of any elite. theus give our country chance to elect a government that will seek and speak the truth. this is a time for truth and the life of this country -- in the life of this country. [applause] this is also a time, not for death, but for life. many americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home