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# Named Entity Recognition
import nltk
from nltk.corpus import state_union
from nltk.tokenize import PunktSentenceTokenizer, word_tokenize
training_text = state_union.raw("1993-Clinton.txt")
testing_text = state_union.raw("2000-Clinton.txt")
# Train the Tokenizer
sent_tokenizer = PunktSentenceTokenizer(training_text)
# Tokenize the Sentences; converts text to list of sentences;(sent_tokenize)
tokenized = sent_tokenizer.tokenize(testing_text)
#print('Tokenized sentences: \n\n',tokenized)
print()
def process_text():
try:
for word in tokenized:
words = word_tokenize(word)
tagged = nltk.pos_tag(words)
namedEnt = nltk.ne_chunk(tagged, binary=True)
#namedEnt.draw()
print(namedEnt)
except Exception as e:
print(str(e))
process_text()
(S
PRESIDENT/NNP
(NE BILL/NNP)
(NE CLINTON/NNP)
'S/POS
(NE ADDRESS/NNP)
BEFORE/IN
A/NNP
JOINT/NNP
SESSION/NNP
OF/IN
(NE THE/NNP)
(NE CONGRESS/NNP)
ON/NNP
THE/NNP
STATE/NNP
OF/IN
(NE THE/NNP UNION/NNP)
January/NNP
27/CD
,/,
2000/CD
Mr./NNP
Speaker/NNP
,/,
(NE Mr./NNP Vice/NNP)
President/NNP
,/,
(NE Members/NNP)
of/IN
(NE Congress/NNP)
,/,
honored/VBD
guests/NNS
,/,
my/PRP$
fellow/JJ
Americans/NNPS
:/:
We/PRP
are/VBP
fortunate/JJ
to/TO
be/VB
alive/JJ
at/IN
this/DT
moment/NN
in/IN
history/NN
./.)
(S
Never/RB
before/RB
has/VBZ
our/PRP$
Nation/NNP
enjoyed/NN
,/,
at/IN
once/RB
,/,
so/RB
much/JJ
prosperity/NN
and/CC
social/JJ
progress/NN
with/IN
so/RB
little/JJ
internal/JJ
crisis/NN
and/CC
so/RB
few/JJ
external/JJ
threats/NNS
./.)
(S
Never/RB
before/RB
have/VBP
we/PRP
had/VBD
such/JJ
a/DT
blessed/JJ
opportunity/NN
and/CC
,/,
therefore/RB
,/,
such/PDT
a/DT
profound/JJ
obligation/NN
to/TO
build/VB
the/DT
more/RBR
perfect/JJ
Union/NNP
of/IN
our/PRP$
Founders/NNS
'/POS
dreams/NNS
./.)
(S
We/PRP
begin/VBP
the/DT
new/JJ
century/NN
with/IN
over/IN
20/CD
million/CD
new/JJ
jobs/NNS
;/:
the/DT
fastest/JJS
economic/JJ
growth/NN
in/IN
more/JJR
than/IN
30/CD
years/NNS
;/:
the/DT
lowest/JJS
unemployment/NN
rates/NNS
in/IN
30/CD
years/NNS
;/:
the/DT
lowest/JJS
poverty/NN
rates/NNS
in/IN
20/CD
years/NNS
;/:
the/DT
lowest/JJS
African-/JJ
(NE American/JJ)
and/CC
(NE Hispanic/JJ)
unemployment/NN
rates/NNS
on/IN
record/NN
;/:
the/DT
first/JJ
back-to-/JJ
back/NN
surpluses/NNS
in/IN
42/CD
years/NNS
;/:
and/CC
next/JJ
month/NN
,/,
(NE America/NNP)
will/MD
achieve/VB
the/DT
longest/JJS
period/NN
of/IN
economic/JJ
growth/NN
in/IN
our/PRP$
entire/JJ
history/NN
./.)
(S We/PRP have/VBP built/VBN a/DT new/JJ economy/NN ./.)
(S
And/CC
our/PRP$
economic/JJ
revolution/NN
has/VBZ
been/VBN
matched/VBN
by/IN
a/DT
revival/NN
of/IN
the/DT
(NE American/JJ)
spirit/NN
:/:
crime/NN
down/RP
by/IN
20/CD
percent/NN
,/,
to/TO
its/PRP$
lowest/JJS
level/NN
in/IN
25/CD
years/NNS
;/:
teen/JJ
births/NNS
down/RP
7/CD
years/NNS
in/IN
a/DT
row/NN
;/:
adoptions/NNS
up/IN
by/IN
30/CD
percent/NN
;/:
welfare/NN
rolls/NNS
cut/VBD
in/IN
half/NN
to/TO
their/PRP$
lowest/JJS
levels/NNS
in/IN
30/CD
years/NNS
./.)
(S
My/PRP$
fellow/JJ
Americans/NNPS
,/,
the/DT
state/NN
of/IN
our/PRP$
Union/NNP
is/VBZ
the/DT
strongest/JJS
it/PRP
has/VBZ
ever/RB
been/VBN
./.)
(S
As/IN
always/RB
,/,
the/DT
real/JJ
credit/NN
belongs/NNS
to/TO
the/DT
(NE American/JJ)
people/NNS
./.)
(S
My/PRP$
gratitude/NN
also/RB
goes/VBZ
to/TO
those/DT
of/IN
you/PRP
in/IN
this/DT
Chamber/NNP
who/WP
have/VBP
worked/VBN
with/IN
us/PRP
to/TO
put/VB
progress/NN
over/IN
partisanship/NN
./.)
(S
Eight/CD
years/NNS
ago/RB
,/,
it/PRP
was/VBD
not/RB
so/RB
clear/JJ
to/TO
most/JJS
Americans/NNPS
there/EX
would/MD
be/VB
much/JJ
to/TO
celebrate/VB
in/IN
the/DT
year/NN
2000/CD
./.)
(S
Then/RB
our/PRP$
Nation/NN
was/VBD
gripped/VBN
by/IN
economic/JJ
distress/NN
,/,
social/JJ
decline/NN
,/,
political/JJ
gridlock/NN
./.)
(S
The/DT
title/NN
of/IN
a/DT
best-selling/JJ
book/NN
asked/VBD
:/:
``/``
America/NNP
:/:
What/WP
Went/NNP
Wrong/NNP
?/.
''/'')
(S
In/IN
the/DT
best/JJS
traditions/NNS
of/IN
our/PRP$
Nation/NN
,/,
(NE Americans/NNPS)
determined/VBD
to/TO
set/VB
things/NNS
right/RB
./.)
(S
We/PRP
restored/VBD
the/DT
vital/JJ
center/NN
,/,
replacing/VBG
outmoded/JJ
ideologies/NNS
with/IN
a/DT
new/JJ
vision/NN
anchored/VBN
in/IN
basic/JJ
,/,
enduring/VBG
values/NNS
:/:
opportunity/NN
for/IN
all/DT
,/,
responsibility/NN
from/IN
all/DT
,/,
a/DT
community/NN
of/IN
all/DT
Americans/NNPS
./.)
(S
We/PRP
reinvented/VBD
Government/NNP
,/,
transforming/VBG
it/PRP
into/IN
a/DT
catalyst/NN
for/IN
new/JJ
ideas/NNS
that/WDT
stress/VBP
both/DT
opportunity/NN
and/CC
responsibility/NN
and/CC
give/VB
our/PRP$
people/NNS
the/DT
tools/NNS
they/PRP
need/VBP
to/TO
solve/VB
their/PRP$
own/JJ
problems/NNS
./.)
(S
With/IN
the/DT
smallest/JJS
Federal/JJ
work/NN
force/NN
in/IN
40/CD
years/NNS
,/,
we/PRP
turned/VBD
record/NN
deficits/NNS
into/IN
record/NN
surpluses/NNS
and/CC
doubled/VBD
our/PRP$
investment/NN
in/IN
education/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
cut/VBD
crime/NN
with/IN
100,000/CD
community/NN
police/NN
and/CC
the/DT
(NE Brady/NNP)
law/NN
,/,
which/WDT
has/VBZ
kept/VBN
guns/NNS
out/IN
of/IN
the/DT
hands/NNS
of/IN
half/PDT
a/DT
million/CD
criminals/NNS
./.)
(S
We/PRP
ended/VBD
welfare/NN
as/IN
we/PRP
knew/VBD
it/PRP
,/,
requiring/VBG
work/NN
while/IN
protecting/VBG
health/NN
care/NN
and/CC
nutrition/NN
for/IN
children/NNS
and/CC
investing/VBG
more/RBR
in/IN
child/NN
care/NN
,/,
transportation/NN
,/,
and/CC
housing/NN
to/TO
help/VB
their/PRP$
parents/NNS
go/VB
to/TO
work/VB
./.)
(S
We/PRP
've/VBP
helped/VBN
parents/NNS
to/TO
succeed/VB
at/IN
home/NN
and/CC
at/IN
work/NN
with/IN
family/NN
leave/VBP
,/,
which/WDT
20/CD
million/CD
Americans/NNPS
have/VBP
now/RB
used/VBN
to/TO
care/VB
for/IN
a/DT
newborn/JJ
child/NN
or/CC
a/DT
sick/JJ
loved/VBD
one/CD
./.)
(S
We/PRP
've/VBP
engaged/VBN
150,000/CD
young/JJ
Americans/NNPS
in/IN
citizen/JJ
service/NN
through/IN
(NE AmeriCorps/NNP)
,/,
while/IN
helping/VBG
them/PRP
earn/VBP
money/NN
for/IN
college/NN
./.)
(S In/IN 1992/CD we/PRP just/RB had/VBD a/DT roadmap/NN ./.)
(S Today/NN ,/, we/PRP have/VBP results/NNS ./.)
(S
Even/RB
more/RBR
important/JJ
,/,
(NE America/NNP)
again/RB
has/VBZ
the/DT
confidence/NN
to/TO
dream/VB
big/JJ
dreams/NNS
./.)
(S
But/CC
we/PRP
must/MD
not/RB
let/VB
this/DT
confidence/NN
drift/NN
into/IN
complacency/NN
./.)
(S
For/IN
we/PRP
,/,
all/DT
of/IN
us/PRP
,/,
will/MD
be/VB
judged/VBN
by/IN
the/DT
dreams/NNS
and/CC
deeds/VBZ
we/PRP
pass/VBP
on/IN
to/TO
our/PRP$
children/NNS
./.)
(S
And/CC
on/IN
that/DT
score/NN
,/,
we/PRP
will/MD
be/VB
held/VBN
to/TO
a/DT
high/JJ
standard/NN
,/,
indeed/RB
,/,
because/IN
our/PRP$
chance/NN
to/TO
do/VB
good/JJ
is/VBZ
so/RB
great/JJ
./.)
(S
My/PRP$
fellow/JJ
Americans/NNPS
,/,
we/PRP
have/VBP
crossed/VBN
the/DT
bridge/NN
we/PRP
built/VBP
to/TO
the/DT
21st/JJ
century/NN
./.)
(S
Now/RB
,/,
we/PRP
must/MD
shape/VB
a/DT
21st/JJ
century/NN
(NE American/JJ)
revolution/NN
of/IN
opportunity/NN
,/,
responsibility/NN
,/,
and/CC
community/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
must/MD
be/VB
now/RB
,/,
as/IN
we/PRP
were/VBD
in/IN
the/DT
beginning/NN
,/,
a/DT
new/JJ
nation/NN
./.)
(S
At/IN
the/DT
dawn/NN
of/IN
the/DT
last/JJ
century/NN
,/,
Theodore/NNP
Roosevelt/NNP
said/VBD
,/,
``/``
The/DT
one/CD
characteristic/NN
more/RBR
essential/JJ
than/IN
any/DT
other/JJ
is/VBZ
foresight/VBN
./.)
(S ./.)
(S ./.)
(S
it/PRP
should/MD
be/VB
the/DT
growing/VBG
Nation/NN
with/IN
a/DT
future/NN
that/WDT
takes/VBZ
the/DT
long/JJ
look/NN
ahead/RB
./.
''/'')
(S
So/RB
tonight/JJ
,/,
let/VB
us/PRP
take/VB
our/PRP$
long/JJ
look/NN
ahead/RB
and/CC
set/VB
great/JJ
goals/NNS
for/IN
our/PRP$
Nation/NN
./.)
(S
To/TO
21st/CD
century/NN
(NE America/NNP)
,/,
let/VB
us/PRP
pledge/VB
these/DT
things/NNS
:/:
Every/DT
child/NN
will/MD
begin/VB
school/NN
ready/JJ
to/TO
learn/VB
and/CC
graduate/VB
ready/JJ
to/TO
succeed/VB
./.)
(S
Every/DT
family/NN
will/MD
be/VB
able/JJ
to/TO
succeed/VB
at/IN
home/NN
and/CC
at/IN
work/NN
,/,
and/CC
no/DT
child/NN
will/MD
be/VB
raised/VBN
in/IN
poverty/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
meet/VB
the/DT
challenge/NN
of/IN
the/DT
aging/NN
of/IN
(NE America/NNP)
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
assure/VB
quality/NN
,/,
affordable/JJ
health/NN
care/NN
,/,
at/IN
last/JJ
,/,
for/IN
all/DT
Americans/NNPS
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
make/VB
America/NNP
the/DT
safest/JJS
big/JJ
country/NN
on/IN
Earth/NNP
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
pay/VB
off/RP
our/PRP$
national/JJ
debt/NN
for/IN
the/DT
first/JJ
time/NN
since/IN
1835/CD
./.)
(S
*/NN
We/PRP
will/MD
bring/VB
prosperity/NN
to/TO
every/DT
(NE American/NNP)
community/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
reverse/VB
the/DT
course/NN
of/IN
climate/NN
change/NN
and/CC
leave/VB
a/DT
safer/NN
,/,
cleaner/JJR
planet/NN
./.)
(S
(NE America/NNP)
will/MD
lead/VB
the/DT
world/NN
toward/IN
shared/VBN
peace/NN
and/CC
prosperity/NN
and/CC
the/DT
far/RB
frontiers/NNS
of/IN
science/NN
and/CC
technology/NN
./.)
(S
And/CC
we/PRP
will/MD
become/VB
at/IN
last/JJ
what/WP
our/PRP$
Founders/NNS
pledged/VBD
us/PRP
to/TO
be/VB
so/RB
long/JJ
ago/RB
:/:
One/CD
Nation/NN
,/,
under/IN
God/NNP
,/,
indivisible/JJ
,/,
with/IN
liberty/NN
and/CC
justice/NN
for/IN
all/DT
./.)
(S [/JJ */NNP (NE White/NNP House/NNP) correction/NN ./. ]/NN)
(S
These/DT
are/VBP
great/JJ
goals/NNS
,/,
worthy/NN
of/IN
a/DT
great/JJ
nation/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
will/MD
not/RB
reach/VB
them/PRP
all/PDT
this/DT
year/NN
,/,
not/RB
even/RB
in/IN
this/DT
decade/NN
./.)
(S But/CC we/PRP will/MD reach/VB them/PRP ./.)
(S
Let/VB
us/PRP
remember/VB
that/IN
the/DT
first/JJ
(NE American/JJ Revolution/NNP)
was/VBD
not/RB
won/VBN
with/IN
a/DT
single/JJ
shot/NN
;/:
the/DT
continent/NN
was/VBD
not/RB
settled/VBN
in/IN
a/DT
single/JJ
year/NN
./.)
(S
The/DT
lesson/NN
of/IN
our/PRP$
history/NN
and/CC
the/DT
lesson/NN
of/IN
the/DT
last/JJ
7/CD
years/NNS
is/VBZ
that/IN
great/JJ
goals/NNS
are/VBP
reached/VBN
step/NN
by/IN
step/NN
,/,
always/RB
building/VBG
on/IN
our/PRP$
progress/NN
,/,
always/RB
gaining/VBG
ground/NN
./.)
(S
Of/IN
course/NN
,/,
you/PRP
ca/MD
n't/RB
gain/VB
ground/NN
if/IN
you/PRP
're/VBP
standing/VBG
still/RB
./.)
(S
And/CC
for/IN
too/RB
long/RB
this/DT
(NE Congress/NNP)
has/VBZ
been/VBN
standing/VBG
still/RB
on/IN
some/DT
of/IN
our/PRP$
most/RBS
pressing/JJ
national/JJ
priorities/NNS
./.)
(S So/RB let/NN 's/POS begin/VB tonight/NN with/IN them/PRP ./.)
(S
(NE Again/NNP)
,/,
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
pass/VB
a/DT
real/JJ
Patients/NNS
'/POS
Bill/NNP
of/IN
(NE Rights/NNPS)
./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
pass/VB
commonsense/NN
gun/NN
safety/NN
legislation/NN
./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
pass/VB
campaign/NN
finance/NN
reform/NN
./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
vote/VB
up/RP
or/CC
down/RB
on/IN
judicial/JJ
nominations/NNS
and/CC
other/JJ
important/JJ
appointees/NNS
./.)
(S
And/CC
again/RB
,/,
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
--/:
I/PRP
implore/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
raise/VB
the/DT
minimum/JJ
wage/NN
./.)
(S
Now/RB
,/,
2/CD
years/NNS
ago/RB
--/:
let/VB
me/PRP
try/VB
to/TO
balance/VB
the/DT
seesaw/NN
here/RB
--/:
[/JJ
laughter/NN
]/NNP
--/:
2/CD
years/NNS
ago/RB
,/,
as/IN
we/PRP
reached/VBD
across/IN
party/NN
lines/NNS
to/TO
reach/VB
our/PRP$
first/JJ
balanced/JJ
budget/NN
,/,
I/PRP
asked/VBD
that/IN
we/PRP
meet/VB
our/PRP$
responsibility/NN
to/TO
the/DT
next/JJ
generation/NN
by/IN
maintaining/VBG
our/PRP$
fiscal/JJ
discipline/NN
./.)
(S
Because/IN
we/PRP
refused/VBD
to/TO
stray/VB
from/IN
that/DT
path/NN
,/,
we/PRP
are/VBP
doing/VBG
something/NN
that/WDT
would/MD
have/VB
seemed/VBN
unimaginable/JJ
7/CD
years/NNS
ago/RB
./.)
(S
We/PRP
are/VBP
actually/RB
paying/VBG
down/RP
the/DT
national/JJ
debt/NN
./.)
(S
Now/RB
,/,
if/IN
we/PRP
stay/VBP
on/IN
this/DT
path/NN
,/,
we/PRP
can/MD
pay/VB
down/RP
the/DT
debt/NN
entirely/RB
in/IN
just/RB
13/CD
years/NNS
now/RB
and/CC
make/VB
(NE America/NNP)
debt-free/NN
for/IN
the/DT
first/JJ
time/NN
since/IN
(NE Andrew/NNP Jackson/NNP)
was/VBD
President/NNP
in/IN
1835/CD
./.)
(S
In/IN
1993/CD
we/PRP
began/VBD
to/TO
put/VB
our/PRP$
fiscal/JJ
house/NN
in/IN
order/NN
with/IN
the/DT
(NE Deficit/NNP Reduction/NNP Act/NNP)
,/,
which/WDT
you/PRP
'll/MD
all/DT
remember/VB
won/VBD
passages/NNS
in/IN
both/DT
Houses/NNP
by/IN
just/RB
a/DT
single/JJ
vote/NN
./.)
(S
Your/PRP$
former/JJ
colleague/NN
,/,
my/PRP$
first/JJ
Secretary/NNP
of/IN
the/DT
(NE Treasury/NNP)
,/,
led/VBD
that/IN
effort/NN
and/CC
sparked/VBD
our/PRP$
long/JJ
boom/NN
./.)
(S He/PRP 's/VBZ here/RB with/IN us/PRP tonight/NN ./.)
(S
(NE Lloyd/NNP Bentsen/NNP)
,/,
you/PRP
have/VBP
served/VBN
(NE America/NNP)
well/RB
,/,
and/CC
we/PRP
thank/VBP
you/PRP
./.)
(S
Beyond/IN
paying/VBG
off/RP
the/DT
debt/NN
,/,
we/PRP
must/MD
ensure/VB
that/IN
the/DT
benefits/NNS
of/IN
debt/NN
reduction/NN
go/VBP
to/TO
preserving/VBG
two/CD
of/IN
the/DT
most/RBS
important/JJ
guarantees/NNS
we/PRP
make/VBP
to/TO
every/DT
(NE American/NNP)
,/,
(NE Social/NNP Security/NNP)
and/CC
(NE Medicare/NNP)
./.)
(S
Tonight/NNP
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
work/VB
with/IN
me/PRP
to/TO
make/VB
a/DT
bipartisan/JJ
downpayment/NN
on/IN
(NE Social/NNP)
Security/NNP
reform/NN
by/IN
crediting/VBG
the/DT
interest/NN
savings/NNS
from/IN
debt/NN
reduction/NN
to/TO
the/DT
(NE Social/NNP Security/NNP Trust/NNP Fund/NNP)
so/IN
that/IN
it/PRP
will/MD
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./.)
(S
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./.)
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
(NE Reading/NN)
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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./.)
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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15/CD
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./.)
(S
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what/WP
works/VBZ
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stop/VB
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does/VBZ
n't/RB
./.)
(S
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we/PRP
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./.)
(S
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shut/VB
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
If/IN
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./.)
(S
Since/IN
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in/IN
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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grades/NNS
./.)
(S
I/PRP
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,/,
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ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
make/VB
it/PRP
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row/NN
./.)
(S
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they/PRP
need/VBP
./.)
(S
We/PRP
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provide/VBP
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school/NN
choice/NN
./.)
(S
When/WRB
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all/DT
America/NNP
./.)
(S
Today/NN
,/,
thanks/NNS
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you/PRP
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./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
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us/PRP
meet/VB
our/PRP$
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of/IN
3,000/CD
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by/IN
next/JJ
year/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
know/VBP
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must/MD
connect/VB
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to/TO
the/DT
Internet/NNP
,/,
and/CC
we/PRP
're/VBP
getting/VBG
there/RB
./.)
(S
In/IN
1994/CD
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only/RB
3/CD
percent/NN
of/IN
our/PRP$
classrooms/NNS
were/VBD
connected/VBN
./.)
(S
Today/NN
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the/DT
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's/POS
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of/IN
them/PRP
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./.)
(S
And/CC
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at/IN
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./.)
(S
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a/DT
third/JJ
of/IN
all/DT
our/PRP$
schools/NNS
are/VBP
in/IN
serious/JJ
disrepair/NN
./.)
(S
Many/JJ
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them/PRP
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walls/NNS
and/CC
wires/NNS
so/RB
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they/PRP
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the/DT
Internet/NNP
./.)
(S
So/RB
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to/TO
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out/IN
of/IN
trailers/NNS
and/CC
into/IN
high-tech/JJ
classrooms/NNS
./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
all/DT
of/IN
you/PRP
to/TO
help/VB
me/PRP
double/VB
our/PRP$
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(NE GEAR/NNP)
UP/NNP
program/NN
,/,
which/WDT
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mentors/NNS
for/IN
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young/JJ
people/NNS
./.)
(S
If/IN
we/PRP
double/VBP
it/PRP
,/,
we/PRP
can/MD
provide/VB
mentors/NNS
for/IN
1.4/CD
million/CD
of/IN
them/PRP
./.)
(S
Let/VB
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offer/VBP
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wealthier/JJR
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use/VBP
to/TO
boost/VB
their/PRP$
test/NN
scores/NNS
./.)
(S
To/TO
make/VB
the/DT
(NE American/JJ)
dream/NN
achievable/NN
for/IN
all/DT
,/,
we/PRP
must/MD
make/VB
college/NN
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for/IN
all/DT
./.)
(S
For/IN
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,/,
on/IN
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we/PRP
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:/:
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more/RBR
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(NE HOPE/NNP)
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million/CD
young/JJ
people/NNS
./.)
(S
Now/RB
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67/CD
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of/IN
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graduates/NNS
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going/VBG
on/IN
to/TO
college/NN
./.)
(S That/DT 's/VBZ up/RP 10/CD percent/NN since/IN 1993/CD ./.)
(S
Yet/CC
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of/IN
families/NNS
still/RB
strain/VBP
to/TO
pay/VB
college/NN
tuition/NN
./.)
(S They/PRP need/VBP help/NN ./.)
(S
So/RB
I/PRP
propose/VBP
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landmark/JJ
$/$
30-/JJ
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cut/NN
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a/DT
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tax/NN
deduction/NN
for/IN
up/IN
to/TO
$/$
10,000/CD
in/IN
college/NN
tuition/NN
costs/NNS
./.)
(S
The/DT
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of/IN
this/DT
Congress/NNP
have/VBP
already/RB
made/VBN
2/CD
years/NNS
of/IN
college/NN
affordable/JJ
for/IN
all/DT
./.)
(S
It/PRP
's/VBZ
time/NN
make/VB
4/CD
years/NNS
of/IN
college/NN
affordable/JJ
for/IN
all/DT
./.)
(S
If/IN
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take/VBP
all/PDT
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steps/NNS
,/,
we/PRP
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a/DT
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way/NN
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starts/VBZ
school/NN
ready/JJ
to/TO
learn/VB
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graduates/VBZ
ready/JJ
to/TO
succeed/VB
./.)
(S
We/PRP
also/RB
need/VBP
a/DT
21st/JJ
century/NN
revolution/NN
to/TO
reward/VB
work/NN
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by/IN
giving/VBG
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parent/NN
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to/TO
succeed/VB
at/IN
work/NN
and/CC
at/IN
the/DT
most/RBS
important/JJ
work/NN
of/IN
all/DT
,/,
raising/VBG
children/NNS
./.)
(S
That/DT
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sure/JJ
every/DT
family/NN
has/VBZ
health/NN
care/NN
and/CC
the/DT
support/NN
to/TO
care/VB
for/IN
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,/,
the/DT
tools/NNS
to/TO
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their/PRP$
children/NNS
up/RB
right/RB
,/,
and/CC
that/IN
no/DT
child/NN
grows/VBZ
up/RP
in/IN
poverty/NN
./.)
(S
From/IN
my/PRP$
first/JJ
days/NNS
as/IN
President/NNP
,/,
we/PRP
've/VBP
worked/VBN
to/TO
give/VB
families/NNS
better/JJR
access/NN
to/TO
better/JJR
health/NN
care/NN
./.)
(S
In/IN
1997/CD
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we/PRP
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Program/NNP
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who/WP
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coverage/NN
through/IN
their/PRP$
employers/NNS
at/IN
least/JJS
can/MD
get/VB
it/PRP
for/IN
their/PRP$
children/NNS
./.)
(S
So/RB
far/RB
,/,
we/PRP
've/VBP
enrolled/VBN
2/CD
million/CD
children/NNS
;/:
we/PRP
're/VBP
well/RB
on/IN
our/PRP$
way/NN
to/TO
our/PRP$
goal/NN
of/IN
5/CD
million/CD
./.)
(S
But/CC
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than/IN
40/CD
million/CD
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our/PRP$
fellow/JJ
Americans/NNPS
without/IN
health/NN
insurance/NN
,/,
more/JJR
than/IN
there/EX
were/VBD
in/IN
1993/CD
./.)
(S
Tonight/NNP
I/PRP
propose/VBP
that/IN
we/PRP
follow/VBP
Vice/NNP
President/NNP
(NE Gore/NNP)
's/POS
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low/JJ
income/NN
parents/NNS
eligible/JJ
for/IN
the/DT
insurance/NN
that/IN
covers/VBZ
their/PRP$
children/NNS
./.)
(S
Together/RB
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our/PRP$
children/NNS
's/POS
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of/IN
this/DT
--/:
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our/PRP$
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enable/VB
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to/TO
cover/VB
nearly/RB
a/DT
quarter/NN
of/IN
all/PDT
the/DT
uninsured/JJ
people/NNS
in/IN
(NE America/NNP)
./.)
(S
(NE Again/NNP)
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I/PRP
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to/TO
ask/VB
you/PRP
to/TO
let/VB
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between/IN
the/DT
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of/IN
55/CD
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65/CD
,/,
the/DT
fastest/JJS
growing/VBG
group/NN
of/IN
uninsured/JJ
,/,
buy/VB
into/IN
(NE Medicare/NNP)
./.)
(S
And/CC
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year/NN
I/PRP
propose/VBP
to/TO
give/VB
them/PRP
a/DT
tax/NN
credit/NN
to/TO
make/VB
that/DT
choice/NN
an/DT
affordable/JJ
one/CD
./.)
(S
I/PRP
hope/VBP
you/PRP
will/MD
support/VB
that/RB
,/,
as/RB
well/RB
./.)
(S
When/WRB
the/DT
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boomers/NNS
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(NE Medicare/NNP)
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caring/VBG
for/IN
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as/IN
many/JJ
of/IN
our/PRP$
citizens/NNS
;/:
yet/RB
,/,
it/PRP
is/VBZ
far/RB
from/IN
ready/JJ
to/TO
do/VB
so/RB
./.)
(S
My/PRP$
generation/NN
must/MD
not/RB
ask/VB
our/PRP$
children/NNS
's/POS
generation/NN
to/TO
shoulder/VB
our/PRP$
burden/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
simply/RB
must/MD
act/VB
now/RB
to/TO
strengthen/VB
and/CC
modernize/VB
(NE Medicare/NNP)
./.)
(S
My/PRP$
budget/NN
includes/VBZ
a/DT
comprehensive/JJ
plan/NN
to/TO
reform/VB
(NE Medicare/NNP)
,/,
to/TO
make/VB
it/PRP
more/RBR
efficient/JJ
and/CC
more/RBR
competitive/JJ
./.)
(S
And/CC
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dedicates/VBZ
nearly/RB
$/$
400/CD
billion/CD
of/IN
our/PRP$
budget/NN
surplus/NN
to/TO
keep/VB
(NE Medicare/NNP)
solvent/JJ
past/NN
2025/CD
./.)
(S
And/CC
at/IN
long/RB
last/JJ
,/,
it/PRP
also/RB
provides/VBZ
funds/NNS
to/TO
give/VB
every/DT
senior/JJ
a/DT
voluntary/JJ
choice/NN
of/IN
affordable/JJ
coverage/NN
for/IN
prescription/NN
drugs/NNS
./.)
(S
Lifesaving/VBG
drugs/NNS
are/VBP
an/DT
indispensable/JJ
part/NN
of/IN
modern/JJ
medicine/NN
./.)
(S
No/DT
one/NN
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a/DT
(NE Medicare/NNP)
program/NN
today/NN
would/MD
even/RB
think/VB
of/IN
excluding/VBG
coverage/NN
for/IN
prescription/NN
drugs/NNS
./.)
(S
Yet/RB
more/JJR
than/IN
three/CD
in/IN
five/CD
of/IN
our/PRP$
seniors/NNS
now/RB
lack/VBP
dependable/JJ
drug/NN
coverage/NN
which/WDT
can/MD
lengthen/VB
and/CC
enrich/VB
their/PRP$
lives/NNS
./.)
(S
Millions/NNS
of/IN
older/JJR
Americans/NNPS
,/,
who/WP
need/VBP
prescription/NN
drugs/NNS
the/DT
most/RBS
,/,
pay/VB
the/DT
highest/JJS
prices/NNS
for/IN
them/PRP
./.)
(S
In/IN
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,/,
we/PRP
can/MD
not/RB
let/VB
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pass/NN
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extending/VBG
to/TO
all/DT
our/PRP$
seniors/NNS
this/DT
lifeline/NN
of/IN
affordable/JJ
prescription/NN
drugs/NNS
./.)
(S
(NE Record/NNP)
numbers/NNS
of/IN
Americans/NNPS
are/VBP
providing/VBG
for/IN
aging/VBG
or/CC
ailing/VBG
loved/VBN
ones/NNS
at/IN
home/NN
./.)
(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S I/PRP ask/VBP you/PRP to/TO pass/VB that/DT ./.)
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
We/PRP
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S Just/RB remember/VB what/WP we/PRP did/VBD last/JJ year/NN ./.)
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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child/NN
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(S
We/PRP
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(S
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(S
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the/DT
national/JJ
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(S
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sensible/JJ
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(S
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nobody/NN
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(S
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(S
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the/DT
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(S
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50,000/CD
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./.)
(S
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for/IN
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(S
Soon/RB
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(NE Congress/NNP)
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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./.)
(S
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(S (NE Tom/NNP Mauser/NNP) ,/, stand/VBP up/RP ./.)
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(S
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(S
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(S
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./.)
(S
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(S
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./.)
(S
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(S
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,/,
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gun/NN
./.)
(S
I/PRP
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pass/VB
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./.)
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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the/DT
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our/PRP$
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./.)
(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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(S
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./.)
(S
Everywhere/RB
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(S
Tonight/NNP
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let/VB
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(S
For/IN
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./.)
(S
For/IN
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(S
And/CC
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(S
Tonight/NNP
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./.)
(S
Because/IN
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(S
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(S
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(S
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./.)
(S
I/PRP
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(NE Mr./NNP Speaker/NNP)
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(S This/DT is/VBZ a/DT worthy/JJ joint/NN endeavor/NN ./.)
(S Thank/NNP you/PRP ./.)
(S
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Native/JJ
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(S
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(S
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empower/VB
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./.)
(S
And/CC
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(S They/PRP are/VBP profoundly/RB important/JJ ./.)
(S
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our/PRP$
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
Well/RB
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S (NE Please/NNP) ,/, they/PRP need/VBP help/NN ./.)
(S Let/VB 's/PRP do/VB it/PRP together/RB ./.)
(S
(NE Opportunity/NN)
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a/DT
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it/PRP
./.)
(S
That/DT
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(S
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./.)
(S
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serve/VB
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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(S
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(S This/DT is/VBZ a/DT national/JJ crusade/NN ./.)
(S
We/PRP
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(S
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./.)
(S
To/TO
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(S
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(S
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,/,
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and/CC
a/DT
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./.)
(S
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(S
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forge/VB
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trade/NN
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(S
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./.)
(S
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,/,
and/CC
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ideas/NNS
./.)
(S
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keep/VB
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forward/RB
./.)
(S
I/PRP
ask/VBP
you/PRP
to/TO
help/VB
me/PRP
forge/VB
that/DT
consensus/NN
./.)
(S
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have/VBP
to/TO
make/VB
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our/PRP$
partners/NNS
in/IN
prosperity/NN
./.)
(S
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I/PRP
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ask/VB
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to/TO
finalize/VB
our/PRP$
groundbreaking/VBG
(NE African/JJ)
and/CC
(NE Caribbean/NNP Basin/NNP)
trade/NN
initiatives/NNS
./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
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must/MD
meet/VB
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shape/VB
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world/NN
./.)
(S
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we/PRP
must/MD
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(S
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the/DT
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./.)
(S
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will/MD
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./.)
(S
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prosperous/JJ
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both/DT
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arsenals/NNS
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help/VB
(NE Russia/NNP)
to/TO
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remain/VBP
./.)
(S
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relations/NNS
with/IN
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as/RB
soon/RB
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this/DT
year/NN
./.)
(S
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(S
No/RB
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do/VBP
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know/VB
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it/PRP
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going/VBG
./.)
(S
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can/MD
do/VB
is/VBZ
decide/VB
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we/PRP
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going/VBG
to/TO
do/VB
./.)
(S
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maximize/VB
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chance/NN
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(NE China/NNP)
will/MD
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future/NN
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(S
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threaten/VB
our/PRP$
common/JJ
humanity/NN
./.)
(S
We/PRP
ca/MD
n't/RB
prevent/VB
every/DT
conflict/NN
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stop/VB
every/DT
outrage/NN
./.)
(S
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we/PRP
should/MD
be/VB
,/,
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we/PRP
must/MD
be/VB
,/,
peacemakers/NNS
./.)
(S
We/PRP
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,/,
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religious/JJ
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./.)
(S
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ethnic/JJ
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a/DT
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return/VB
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their/PRP$
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./.)
(S
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tide/NN
./.)
(S
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bring/VB
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home/NN
./.)
(S
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./.)
(S
I/PRP
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(NE Captain/NNP Cherrey/NNP)
to/TO
you/PRP
./.)
(S
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(NE Captain/NNP)
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(S
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./.)
(S
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(S
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(S
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access/NN
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./.)
(S
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ratification/NN
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./.)
(S
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(S
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./.)
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to/TO
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./.)
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(NE Berlin/NNP Wall/NNP)
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(S
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(NE Colombia/NNP)
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./.)
(S
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to/TO
help/VB
(NE Colombia/NNP)
win/VB
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(S
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(NE Colombia/NNP)
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(NE Latin/NNP America/NNP)
./.)
(S
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,/,
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chair/NN
he/PRP
saw/VBD
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(S
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said/VBD
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,/,
``/``
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Sun/NNP
was/VBD
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(S
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the/DT
happiness/NN
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a/DT
rising/VBG
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,/,
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freedom/NN
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brightly/RB
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those/DT
frontiers/NNS
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,/,
we/PRP
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glow/NN
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(NE Mr./NNP Franklin/NNP)
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rising/VBG
sun/NN
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(NE America/NNP)
will/MD
be/VB
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young/JJ
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(S
Thank/NNP
you/PRP
,/,
(NE God/NNP)
bless/NN
you/PRP
,/,
and/CC
God/NNP
bless/NN
(NE America/NNP)
./.)
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