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A sterling reputation
and close friend of the President
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recently confirmed into the
Office of National Drug Control Policy,
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our new drug czar, Robert Hudson Wakefield.
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The war on drugs is a war
that we have to wn,
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and a war that we can wn.
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We have to wn this war to save
our country's most precious resource,
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our children.
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68 million children have been targeted
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by those who perpetrate this war.
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And protecting these children
must be priority number one.
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There has been progress,
and there has been failure.
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But, where we have fallen short
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I see not a problem,
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I see an opportunity.
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An opportunity to correct the mistakes
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of the past,
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while laying a foundation for the future.
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This takes...
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not only new ideas, but perseverance.
4:28:41
This takes...
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not only resources, but courage.
This takes not only government,
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but families.
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I have laid out a...