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Obama Address at U.N.: Protect Free Speech

27 September 2012

This video was filmed by the Associated Press at the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly and acquired by the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs in September 2012. It features President Obama.

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Here in the United States, countless publications provoke offense.

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Like me, the majority of Americans are Christian, and yet we do

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not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs.

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As President of our country
and Commander-in-Chief of our military,

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I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day —
and I will always defend their right to do so. (Applause.)