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[Music] TEXT: Iowa  January 3rd, 2008

Obama: On this January night at this defining moment in history you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.  [cheers]

I'll be a president who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American... [cheers]

        TEXT: Passed the Affordable Care Act
        To Make Health Care More Affordable
        For More Than 30 Million Americans

I'll be a president who ends the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and put a middle class tax cut into the pockets of working Americans who deserve it... [cheers]

        TEXT: Cut Taxes for 95% of Working Families
        And Closed Corporate Tax Loopholes That Were Sending Profits Overseas

I'll be a president who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all... [cheers]

        TEXT: Put in Place Historic Fuel Efficiency Standards for Cars and Trucks
        To Lower Costs at the Pump
        And Reduce Dependence on Foreign Oil

And I'll be a president who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home... [cheers]

        TEXT: Ended the War in Iraq

Tonight we are one step closer to that vision of America because of what you did here in Iowa.  There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes there are nights like this.  A night that years from now when we've made the changes we believe in, when more families can afford to see a doctor, when our children inherit a planet that's a little cleaner and safer, when the world sees America differently, and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united, you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.  [cheers]

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Copyright © 2012 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.