I'm Not Going To Let The Government

I Am Delighted To Be Here In These New [council On Foreign Relations] Headquarters. I Have Been Often To, I Guess, The Mother Ship In New York City, But It's Good To Have An Outpost Of The Council Right Here Down The Street From The State Department. We Get A Lot Of Advice From The Council, So This Will Mean I Won't Have As Far To Go To Be Told What We Should Be Doing And How We Should Think About The Future.

I Think You Have To Take The Man At His Word [donald Trump]. Is Kind Of An Equal-opportunity Insulter. He Started By Calling Mexican Immigrants Rapists And Criminals. He Moved On To Denigrating John Mccain's Heroism During The Vietnam War. He Has Gone After People With Disabilities. He Has Said Muslims Should Be Kept Out Of Our Country. He Certainly Has Gone After Individual Women In The Media, In The Political Arena.

Yet Again, The Family Of A Young Black Man Is Grieving A Life Cut Short. Yet Again, The Streets Of An American City Are Marred By Violence. What We Have Seen In Baltimore Should, Indeed I Think Does, Tear At Our Soul.

I Am Somewhat Influenced By The Years That I've Spent Trying To Actually Get Things Done, Whether It Was Reforming Education In Arkansas Or A Survey And Legal Services Corporation Board When President [jimmy ]carter Appointed Me And Trying To Get Lawyers For Poor People. I Have Worked In These Areas. I Know It's More Than Just A Hope. You've Got To Translate It Into A Policy That Leads To Action.

I'm Very Proud And Grateful To Have The Support Of So Many Elected Vermonters And Former Officials. Two Former Governors, The Current Governor, The Current Other Senator. I Really Appreciate That.and I Think It's Because They've Worked With Me, They've Seen What I Do. They Know What Kind Of A Colleague I Am. They Want Me As Their Partner In The White House. And That's Exactly What I Will Do.