i want to thank the principal, buddy parker, who is shutting -- showing us around, as well as ms. yoder, the eighth-grade science teacher. i have travelled the country, talking about what we need to do to win the future, talking about the need to invest in innovation so the next big ideas discovered here in the united states of america, talk about the need to invest in high-speed rail and high-speed internet, and this week i will be talking about the need to invest in education in places like clarksville. so that every american is equipped to work with every america in the world. i am convinced if we outbuild and otdeducate the rest of the world the jobs of in industries of the future will take root in united states, our country will succeed. i am convinced the only way we can make these investments in our future is of the government starts living within its means. that is why when i was sworn in as president i pledge to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term. the budget i am proposing today meets that pledge and puts us on a path to pay for what he spent by the middl