The US president Barack Obama made his first appearance before the US Congress with a report "on the situation in the country". He stated that the priority of his administration was to create jobs and support small business that would receive $ 30 billion from funds that had been returned by major corporations that got financial assistance from the Treasury during the acute phase of the crisis, the BBC reported.
The US president urged not to abandon healthcare reform and to adopt laws that would help to get rid of energy dependence and to use ecological fuels.
Obama declared that the war against Iraq would be finished and all soldiers would return home. He added that he would seek a revision of the law on the service of homosexuals in the US Army, "to allow gays (i.e. sodomites - KC) to serve the country they love."
Obama also said the United States and Russia were completing negotiations on a new treaty to limit strategic arms.
The US president announced that the future belongs to an economy based on clean energy. Obama stressed the need to create new jobs in the alternative energy sector, increasing the production of "clean" energy sources and improving energy efficiency.
The development of an alternative energy is "the right thing because the nation that has a leading role in clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy", Obama said and expressed confidence that this country will be the United States.
Obama said the US occupation troops would leave Iraq before the end of August this year. "We will withdraw all our combat troops from Iraq by the end of August, - he said. - We will support the Iraqi government (the puppet regime - KC)".
Obama reminded that during his election campaign he promised to end the war in Iraq. "That is what I do as the president", he said.
We would like to mention in this context that the so-called "non-combat units" and instructors would stay in Iraq. In other words, these would be special units with different goals and objectives.
In his speech, Obama touched the topic of "nuclear security" and promised that North Korea and Iran will be isolated "if they continue to ignore the demands of the international community."
Barack Obama said it was very important "to protect the rights of" sodomites in the US Army.
He intends to seek from Congress the abolition of the law "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that previously allowed sodomites to serve in the US Army but didn't allow them to speak openly about their perversions.
"This year I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love..." Obama said in his speech.
The initiator of the 1993 act "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was the 42nd president of the US Bill Clinton. The essence of law was that gays and lesbians were allowed to serve in the US Army but at the same time they were forbidden to disclose their "sexual orientation", and military commanders was forbidden to ask questions about it.
13 thousand people have been demobilized since 1993 in accordance with the law. Thus, according to opinion polls, the vast majority of Americans believes that sodomites of both sexes, having openly declared their sexual orientation, should be allowed to do military service.
President Barack Obama repeatedly said the Congress should consider repealing the law.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party expressed doubts about the prospects of Obama's course that he described in the speech on the situation in the country. The opinion of the opposition was expressed in a traditional reply to the President by the newly elected governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell.
In particular, he expressed doubts about the government's policy in the public health area saying that Americans would like to use available medical services but would not want government's interference into the system.
"Most Americans do not want to turn over the best medical care system in the world to the federal government...", McDonnell said.
He expressed doubts in the effectiveness of the measures by the of U.S President's administration to combat "terrorism" referring to a recent bombing attempt onboard of an US aircraft on its flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
"We have serious concerns about the administration's treatment of suspected terrorists", he said
McDonnell gave some advice to authorities. "Good government's policy should spur economic growth and strengthen the private sector's ability to create new jobs. We must enact policies that promote entrepreneurship and innovation, so America can better compete with the world", said the governor of Virginia.
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