Edited by Katya Abazajian
Obama’s Speech in a Few Words
Published in Listin Diario
(Dominican Republic) on 27 January 2012
by Juan Guiliani Cury (link to original)
(Dominican Republic) on 27 January 2012
by Juan Guiliani Cury (link to original)
Translated from
by Annerys Diaz.
President Barack Obama presented his report in front of the 112th Congress of the United States. Better known as his “State of the Union” address, a momentous event of power proper to its potential where the president tells of his accountable management in front of a strict protocol where government and opposition get together to listen to the voice of their president.
Speaking in front of his main civil and military functionaries, members of both legislative branches, Supreme Court judges, diplomatic corps and special guests, the President centered his speech on the US economy, his foreign policy accomplishments, energy, immigration and his challenge of maintaining the nation as a potent world power, among other topics.
Obama emphasized that the United States must reinforce its global economic leadership by supporting the domestic manufacturing sector, the traditional engine of the economy. With a gesture of vehemence that showed through television screens, Obama said that during the World War II the United States was able to construct the gigantic Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, both symbols of American engineering. Another example used was the automotive industry, citing that General Motors was this year again the leading world automobile manufacturer, after this important industry suffered the severities of the recession and the financial disaster of a few years ago.
He mentioned the recent free trade agreements reached with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that will create thousands of jobs for Americans. He pledged that during his tenure his priority would be job creation. He also made special emphasis in the necessity of modernizing education in schools, asking that no child should abandon their education until they turn 18.
He said that in China and India education is focused in the sciences and mathematics. He made a compromise that in 25 years, 80 percent of North Americans will travel in trains of high velocity to cut short distance and time of massive transport.
Speaking in front of his main civil and military functionaries, members of both legislative branches, Supreme Court judges, diplomatic corps and special guests, the President centered his speech on the US economy, his foreign policy accomplishments, energy, immigration and his challenge of maintaining the nation as a potent world power, among other topics.
Obama emphasized that the United States must reinforce its global economic leadership by supporting the domestic manufacturing sector, the traditional engine of the economy. With a gesture of vehemence that showed through television screens, Obama said that during the World War II the United States was able to construct the gigantic Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, both symbols of American engineering. Another example used was the automotive industry, citing that General Motors was this year again the leading world automobile manufacturer, after this important industry suffered the severities of the recession and the financial disaster of a few years ago.
He mentioned the recent free trade agreements reached with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that will create thousands of jobs for Americans. He pledged that during his tenure his priority would be job creation. He also made special emphasis in the necessity of modernizing education in schools, asking that no child should abandon their education until they turn 18.
He said that in China and India education is focused in the sciences and mathematics. He made a compromise that in 25 years, 80 percent of North Americans will travel in trains of high velocity to cut short distance and time of massive transport.