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Article: Remarks During a Visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library
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- January 28, 2008
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January 21, 2008
Thanks for having us. Listen, Laura and I are thrilled to be with you. We're honored to be with the Mayor and Councilman Jack Evans. We appreciate very much the-Serve DC, that is working to inspire volunteerism, and I want to thank this beautiful library for hosting us.
I just got a couple of comments I want to say. First of all, Martin Luther King Day is-means two things to me. One is the opportunity to renew our deep desire for America to be a hope-a land of promise for everybody, a land of justice, and a land of opportunity. It's also an opportunity to serve our fellow citizens. They say Martin Luther King Day is not a day off; it should be a day on. And so today Laura ...