English subtitles for clip: File:2014-09-27 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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The President: Hi, everybody.

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American leadership is the one
constant in an uncertain world.

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That was true this week, as
we mobilized the world

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to confront some of our
most urgent challenges.

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America is leading the world
in the fight to degrade

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and ultimately destroy the
terrorist group known as ISIL.

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On Monday, our brave men
and women in uniform began

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air strikes against
ISIL targets in Syria.

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And they weren't alone.

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I made it clear that America
would act as part of a broad

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coalition, and we were joined
in this action by friends

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and partners, including
Arab nations.

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At the United
Nations in New York,

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I worked to build more
support for this coalition;

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to cut off terrorist financing;
and to stop the flow

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of foreign fighters into
and out of that region.

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And in my address to the UN,
I challenged the world --

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especially Muslim communities
- to reject the ideology

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of violent extremism,
and to do more to tap

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the extraordinary potential
of their young people.

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America is leading the
effort to rally the world

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against Russian
aggression in Ukraine.

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Along with our allies, we will
support the people of Ukraine

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as they develop their
democracy and economy.

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And this week, I called upon
even more nations to join

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us on the right side
of history.

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America is leading the fight
to contain and combat

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the Ebola epidemic
in West Africa.

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We're deploying our doctors
and scientists -- supported

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by our military -- to
help corral the outbreak

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and pursue new treatments.

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From the United Kingdom and
Germany to France and Senegal,

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other nations are stepping
up their efforts, too,

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sending money,
supplies, and personnel.

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And we will continue to rally
other countries to join

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us in making concrete
commitments to fight

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this disease, and enhance
global health security

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for the long-term.

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America is engaging more
partners and allies than ever

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to confront the growing threat
of climate change before

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it's too late.

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We're doing our
part, and helping

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developing nations
do theirs.

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At home, we've invested in clean
energy, cut carbon pollution,

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and created new
jobs in the process.

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Abroad, our climate
assistance now reaches

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more than 120 nations.

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And on Tuesday, I called on
every nation - developed and

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developing alike -- to join us
in this effort for the sake

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of future generations.

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The people of the world
look to us to lead.

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And we welcome that
responsibility.

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We are heirs to a proud
legacy of freedom.

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And as we showed
the world this week,

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we are prepared to do what
is necessary to secure

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that legacy for
generations to come.

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Thanks, and have
a great weekend.