Bill Richardson

thank you for be with me __PUNCT__

thank you to ndn for host us here __PUNCT__

befor i talk about latin_america __PUNCT__ i want to take a few moment to talk about what is go on here in thi state __PUNCT__

these ar tough_time for californian __PUNCT__

thei ar tough time for all american __PUNCT__

the fire that have ravag thi state __PUNCT__ have ravag the nation conscious __PUNCT__

brave men and women ar work_dai and night to end the devast __PUNCT__

fire fighter continu to risk their own live __PUNCT__ to protect the live of their fellow_american __PUNCT__

in thi sea of destruct __PUNCT__ we can see reflect the courag will that defin our nation __PUNCT__

we must each step up and do what we can __PUNCT__

yesterdai __PUNCT__ my campaign_donat ten_thousand thousand_dollar to the red_cross to assist relief_effort __PUNCT__

i encourag all of you to give as much as possibl __PUNCT__ as soon as possibl __PUNCT__

i also order two strike team of new mexico fire fighter to assist in protect against the fire here __PUNCT__

i know that these fine new mexican will reflect the veri best of our state fire fight tradit __PUNCT__

pleas take good care of them __PUNCT__

in addit __PUNCT__ it is clear that we need more air resourc __PUNCT__ so that we can be better posit to handl these fire and better prepar to handl ani other crise __PUNCT__

i recal __PUNCT__ in anoth disast __PUNCT__ when i led an effort in new mexico to help out victim of hurrican_katrina in new orlean __PUNCT__

i rememb go out to meet the first plane of refuge and you can feel so helpless in the presenc of peopl that have lost everyth __PUNCT__

we did what a state can do __PUNCT__

new mexico ha experienc the devast and tragedi of huge wildfir and we know well the toll it take on famili and commun __PUNCT__

on a nation_level __PUNCT__ i believ that we need to reform our militari to ensur that our nation_guard system is never stretch to the break_point again __PUNCT__

at the same_time that i wa order new mexico fire fighter to california __PUNCT__ the presid deploi three hundr of my state nation guardsmen to iraq __PUNCT__

thi is not what the nation_guard wa design for __PUNCT__

the war is leav our homeland vulner to natur_disast __PUNCT__

we have to end the war and get all our troop out as soon as possibl __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will get all the troop out within a year after i take offic __PUNCT__

and i go to add fifti_thousand troop to the activ __PUNCT__ duti armi and marin_corp __PUNCT__ so that the guard can protect_american right here at home __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ we must honor the first respond who ar fight the fire right now __PUNCT__

we must make sure that thei have the best equip __PUNCT__ the best health_care __PUNCT__ and the best benefit for their famili __PUNCT__

thei deserv noth less __PUNCT__

i deepli believ that the come dai will prove that even the greatest natur destruct __PUNCT__ is no match for the hope will of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

we will put the piec back togeth __PUNCT__

we will rebuild peopl home __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we will do it __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ i want to talk with you about our foreign_polici in our own hemispher __PUNCT__

it is painfulli clear that georg_bush disastr invas of iraq ha wreck our intern credibl __PUNCT__

it ha damag our allianc __PUNCT__ embolden our enemi __PUNCT__ deplet our treasuri __PUNCT__ exhaust our arm_forc and fuel global anger against us __PUNCT__

the war continu to divert us from the real war against the terrorist who attack us on __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and it ha undermin our abil to lead the world on press issu such as nuclear prolifer and global_warm __PUNCT__

less discuss __PUNCT__ but just as import is that the great damag caus by iraq ha extend even to our own back yard __PUNCT__ in latin_america __PUNCT__

georg_bush cowboi diplomaci ha not just led us to ignor urgent challeng in our own region __PUNCT__ but ha alien our friend in thi hemispher __PUNCT__

as wa so evid when mr __PUNCT__ bush tour latin_america last march __PUNCT__ anti __PUNCT__ american is grow at an alarm rate across the region __PUNCT__

through neglect we have turn mani of our natur alli into fair __PUNCT__ weather friend and outright enemi __PUNCT__

the presid onc vow to treat latin america __PUNCT__ not as an afterthought __PUNCT__ but as a fundament commit __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ despit latin america_econom and nation __PUNCT__ secur import to the unit_state __PUNCT__ he ha neglect to engag the region __PUNCT__

thi polici of neglig is danger __PUNCT__ and it cannot continu __PUNCT__

we need bold_action to repair the damag __PUNCT__

the next presid must have a clear plan for engag __PUNCT__ and the experi to implement it __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will focu on seven strategi to rebuild our relationship with the rest of our hemispher __PUNCT__

at all time __PUNCT__ we must preserv our faith in american valu and renew our courag to connect with other nation __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ diplomaci __PUNCT__ we must engag all latin_american american_countri diplomat __PUNCT__ includ troublesom regim like venezuela __PUNCT__

thi doe not mean make concess __PUNCT__

it mean honest talk and tough negoti __PUNCT__

it mean try to find common_ground where we can and strengthen our interest where we can't __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ we need a realist approach toward cuba __PUNCT__

current our polici with regard to cuba ha been static and reactiv __PUNCT__

what we need is a vibrant and pro __PUNCT__ activ polici that deal sensibl with econom and person issu like trade and famili visit __PUNCT__

presid_bush ha been impos sever restrict on famili visit and remitt to cuba __PUNCT__

i strongli_oppos these cruel and counterproduct rule __PUNCT__

cuban __PUNCT__ american should be allow to visit their famili __PUNCT__ and thei should be abl to help them out financi __PUNCT__

the bush_administr even deni us armi sergeant carlo lazo __PUNCT__ who had won the bronz star in iraq __PUNCT__ permiss to visit hi two son live in cuba __PUNCT__

that is appal __PUNCT__

famili valu must mean actual valu famili __PUNCT__

furthermor __PUNCT__ these restrict bolster castro abil to portrai himself as stand up to the big bulli in washington __PUNCT__

put_simpli __PUNCT__ these rule have been good for castro and bad for american and cuban __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will allow unimped famili visit and remitt by cuban __PUNCT__ american to their rel in cuba __PUNCT__

i will work with the cuban __PUNCT__ american_commun to heal the bitter divid that inevit cut through thi issu __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we can creat a polici that is good for all american __PUNCT__

and i am readi to reassess the trade embargo __PUNCT__ in exchang for cuba releas all polit_prison and make posit move toward democrat freedom __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ we should push for a latin_american american_countri to have a perman seat on the un secur_council __PUNCT__

mexico __PUNCT__ brazil __PUNCT__ argentina __PUNCT__ and chile ar obviou potenti choic __PUNCT__

fourth __PUNCT__ human right __PUNCT__

we need to replac inflammatori rhetor about __PUNCT__ regim chang __PUNCT__ with real promot of human and democrat freedom __PUNCT__

latino admir american democrat valu __PUNCT__ but thei know hypocrisi and thei seen it __PUNCT__

guantanamo __PUNCT__

abu_ghraib __PUNCT__

secret_prison __PUNCT__

tortur __PUNCT__

let me be clear __PUNCT__ i will be a presid who follow the constitut __PUNCT__

and i will not onli talk about human right __PUNCT__ i will be guid by a strong faith in the univers valu of human_digniti __PUNCT__

fifth __PUNCT__ fair_trade __PUNCT__

we must promot trade_agreement that includ strong and enforc labor __PUNCT__ environment __PUNCT__ and human right standard __PUNCT__

free and fair_trade can benefit both latin_american and us worker __PUNCT__

it will benefit consum throughout the region __PUNCT__

and it will bind closer the nation of the entir hemispher __PUNCT__

sixth __PUNCT__ develop __PUNCT__

we must lead the hemispher in promot econom_develop and reduc_poverti __PUNCT__

in an interdepend world __PUNCT__ extrem_poverti in on nation is the concern of all nation __PUNCT__

strong and equit econom_growth in latin_america is in the us nation_interest __PUNCT__

it must be a prioriti __PUNCT__

those who think we can keep poor immigr out with wall __PUNCT__

do not understand the desper will of starv men and women __PUNCT__

therefor __PUNCT__ seventh __PUNCT__ we need comprehens_immigr immigr_reform that is realist and human __PUNCT__

we need to aggress polic the border and punish employ who hire undocu_worker __PUNCT__

but we must also recogn that we simpli can't deport the twelv million who ar alreadi here __PUNCT__

we need a tough __PUNCT__ fair path to legal __PUNCT__

our loftiest ideal ar not inconsist with our most realist polici object __PUNCT__

and after so mani year of a foreign_polici that ha ignor both principl and pragmat __PUNCT__ we need a new kind of realism __PUNCT__

thi new realism will go beyond the old __PUNCT__ balanc __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ power_polit of the cold_war __PUNCT__

we need to understand that what goe on in other countri affect us profoundli __PUNCT__ and that skill american diplomat leadership is need to meet the challeng of an ag of interdepend __PUNCT__

an ag of global_warm __PUNCT__

of global terror __PUNCT__

of global pandem __PUNCT__

we need to lead with skill and moral credibl __PUNCT__

across a wide_rang of econom __PUNCT__ cultur and polit_issu __PUNCT__ our futur prosper and secur is tightli interwoven with that of all the peopl of the america __PUNCT__

venezuela is our fourth largest oil supplier __PUNCT__ provid __NUM__ percent of our annual oil consumpt __PUNCT__

mexico is the third largest market for us __PUNCT__ grown wheat __PUNCT__ corn __PUNCT__ cotton and soybean __PUNCT__

small central_american american_countri such as costa_rica __PUNCT__ guatemala and hondura ar major supplier of the fresh fruit american eat __PUNCT__ and argentina __PUNCT__ ecuador __PUNCT__ and peru ar top_ten veget supplier __PUNCT__

the presid just doesn't get it __PUNCT__

he seem to think that latin goodwil toward the unit_state is someth we can take for grant __PUNCT__

he seem to think that the fact of our geographi guarante the fit of our relationship __PUNCT__

and he continu to believ that region will somehow follow a nation that refus to lead __PUNCT__

thei will not __PUNCT__

in the absenc of principl leadership from us __PUNCT__ thei will turn elsewher __PUNCT__

anywher __PUNCT__ to whoever step up __PUNCT__

hugo chávez of venezuela ha had seriou success nourish anti __PUNCT__ us anger throughout the hemispher __PUNCT__

chávez enhanc hi own power by us our countri as hi whip boi __PUNCT__

like hi friend __PUNCT__ presid ahmadinejad of iran __PUNCT__ he thrive on conflict and incendiari rhetor __PUNCT__

make no mistak __PUNCT__ hi gain ar secur at our expens __PUNCT__

we need a presid who understand intern_polit and know how to respond effect to li and provoc __PUNCT__

when i am presid __PUNCT__ i will stand up for thi countri not by return insult __PUNCT__ but by expos distort __PUNCT__

we need to take leader like chavez serious __PUNCT__ not becaus thei ar truth __PUNCT__ thei ar not __PUNCT__

we need to take them serious becaus thei ar tap into real resent against us __PUNCT__ and then amplifi it for their own purpos __PUNCT__

across the world __PUNCT__ the bush foreign_polici ha intensifi anti __PUNCT__ american and plai into the hand of our worst enemi __PUNCT__

the bush_administr short __PUNCT__ sight __PUNCT__ clumsi diplomaci ha help leader like chávez and castro creat an axi of anti __PUNCT__ american_nation across the region __PUNCT__

with the benefit of venezuela oil_wealth __PUNCT__ chávez ha forg ti with leader such as evo_moral in bolivia and daniel ortega in nicaragua __PUNCT__

these four countri __PUNCT__ venezuela __PUNCT__ cuba __PUNCT__ bolivia __PUNCT__ and nicaragua __PUNCT__ have form a trade_agreement that seek to exclud and undermin us influenc in latin_america __PUNCT__

chávez is reach out to long __PUNCT__ stand us partner such as argentina __PUNCT__

hi trade and econom_develop propos ar fill the void left by our bankrupt leadership in the region __PUNCT__

in recent_year __PUNCT__ venezuela ha purchas more than __MONEY___billion_worth of argentin govern_bond and other debt_relief instrument __PUNCT__

a few month_ago __PUNCT__ argentina presid nestor kirchner met with chávez and evo_moral in bolivia __PUNCT__ where progress wa made on a deal to ship more than __MONEY___billion_worth of bolivian natur_ga to argentina __PUNCT__

the chávez method of __PUNCT__ checkbook diplomaci __PUNCT__ extend to the aid he provid to peru follow that countri catastroph earthquak in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

hundr of peopl were kill __PUNCT__

thousand more displac __PUNCT__

the nation look to the us for help __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ it wa venezuela that respond with more aid than the bush_administr __PUNCT__

we hand chávez yet anoth public_relat coup in the region __PUNCT__

i focu on hugo chávez not becaus he is the diseas in latin_america __PUNCT__ but becaus he is yet anoth symptom __PUNCT__

the diseas is arrog __PUNCT__

the next presid must take a far more realist look at what is need to restor us stand in our own hemispher __PUNCT__

we need a presid who understand the region and can talk directli to all the player __PUNCT__

and i can speak in spanish when need __PUNCT__

yo hablo el idioma de_la diplomacia __PUNCT__

i know such direct engag can work __PUNCT__

i sat down with fidel_castro and negoti the releas of cuban polit_prison __PUNCT__

the organ of american_state ha ask me to serv as special envoi for hemispher affair __PUNCT__ to help renew relat with our friend and restart talk with our foe __PUNCT__

onli seriou dialogu on issu such as immigr and trade can lead to seriou solut and a seriou relationship with latin_america __PUNCT__

we must rememb that preserv your popular is no recip for inspir a nation __PUNCT__ let alon a region or a world __PUNCT__

i ow my success in bring_peopl togeth and solv_problem to take risk __PUNCT__

sometim you have to lai thing on the line to get result __PUNCT__

i recal when on of my constitu wa taken hostag in sudan __PUNCT__

he wa an american journalist from my own state and he wa captur with two aid from the african_nation of chad __PUNCT__

thei were imprison on phoni charg of espionag __PUNCT__ i had no reason to be optimist about their releas __PUNCT__

but the journalist wife ask me to go and try to get him out __PUNCT__

so i went __PUNCT__

the dictat of that countri __PUNCT__ al __PUNCT__ bashir __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ you can have the american __PUNCT__ but the other two from chad __PUNCT__ thei stai __PUNCT__

at thi point i could have left with the american __PUNCT__ but i said __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__

i am bring them all out __PUNCT__

it wa not the easi choic but it wa the right choic __PUNCT__

we went back into the negoti and i left with all three men __PUNCT__

there wa no time then for poll or consult __PUNCT__

nor is thi a time for polit_calcul __PUNCT__

we cannot afford leadership that ha not been test __PUNCT__

my colleagu in thi race have my respect __PUNCT__ but it is a simpl_fact that the next intern deal negoti by ani on of them will be their first __PUNCT__

we also cannot afford anoth presid who doesn't understand that stubborn is not strength __PUNCT__

consult with friend __PUNCT__ coordin with alli __PUNCT__ and negoti with enemi __PUNCT__ is not weak __PUNCT__

it is what you need to do to get thing done __PUNCT__

it is the basi for restor america intern leadership __PUNCT__

the bush_administr ha miss too mani opportun to strengthen us engag __PUNCT__

over and over __PUNCT__ the presid ha fail to address urgent issu __PUNCT__ especi __PUNCT__ trade __PUNCT__ develop and immigr __PUNCT__

thi __PUNCT__ iron triangl __PUNCT__ of concern is tightli weld __PUNCT__ and we need a comprehens vision to tackl them __PUNCT__

at it root __PUNCT__ illeg_immigr is an econom_problem __PUNCT__ driven by the lack of decent job for peopl in their home_countri __PUNCT__

so long as other economi fail to produc job __PUNCT__ peopl will continu to come here __PUNCT__

as long as we have a monopoli on hope __PUNCT__ we will be a magnet for the hope __PUNCT__

if we want to stop illeg_immigr __PUNCT__ we need to promot equit develop in latin_america __PUNCT__

there is no wai around it __PUNCT__

we need trade_agreement that creat good_job in all countri __PUNCT__ includ our own __PUNCT__ while promot human and worker right __PUNCT__

we need a comprehens_immigr solut in thi countri __PUNCT__ on that includ a path to legal __PUNCT__

part of that is increas border_enforc with smarter technolog and more guard __PUNCT__

it work __PUNCT__

but you know what won't work __PUNCT__ thi wall __PUNCT__

i think that senat_clinton __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ and biden were wrong to vote to build a wall between the unit_state and it neighbor __PUNCT__

thei talk about chang __PUNCT__

but thei vote for the most blatant exampl of old __PUNCT__ style washington solut __PUNCT__ expens __PUNCT__ dumb __PUNCT__ and entir the product of polit_calcul __PUNCT__

thei onli fund half the wall __PUNCT__

anyon outsid the beltwai could tell you how well half a wall work __PUNCT__

what next __PUNCT__ fund for half of a dam __PUNCT__ half an airplan __PUNCT__ half a withdraw from iraq __PUNCT__ appar the peopl in washington who want to build a __NUM__ foot wall have never heard of __NUM__ foot ladder __PUNCT__

we need new think in the white_hous __PUNCT__ the kind that would never allow such a symbol along our border __PUNCT__

if your latin_america polici start with a wall between cultur __PUNCT__

it will quickli collaps into rubbl __PUNCT__

we need new think in the white_hous on immigr and trade __PUNCT__

unfortun __PUNCT__ the indiffer of the bush_administr ha enabl chavez and other to convinc mani latino that expand trade with the us is bad for latin_america __PUNCT__

the good new is that there ar real opportun to build mutual __PUNCT__ benefici trade and develop partnership with latin_american american_countri __PUNCT__

we can have trade_agreement that ar good for worker __PUNCT__ compani __PUNCT__ and nation __PUNCT__

agreement that creat_job __PUNCT__ fight poverti __PUNCT__ and reduc the incent for peopl to emigr illeg to the unit_state __PUNCT__

other countri ar alreadi take advantag of our miss opportun __PUNCT__

china trade with latin_america ha doubl in just the past six year __PUNCT__

the us need to get off the sidelin and back into the game __PUNCT__

it mean job __PUNCT__ here in the u. __PUNCT__ and in latin america __PUNCT__

we also need to recogn that for mani year to come the us economi will continu to attract latino worker __PUNCT__

while our law sai thei cannot come here __PUNCT__ our economi sai thei should __PUNCT__

we need to be realist __PUNCT__

our economi demand these worker __PUNCT__ and it make no sens to have them here illeg rather than legal __PUNCT__

as we crack down on illeg_immigr __PUNCT__ we need to allow more legal_immigr __PUNCT__

we need a reason guest __PUNCT__ worker_program __PUNCT__ and an earn path to legal for those alreadi here __PUNCT__

and we need to work with the mexican_govern to get them to stop encourag illeg_immigr __PUNCT__ and instead to start creat more job in mexico __PUNCT__

we also need a more effect approach to the problem of illeg_drug __PUNCT__

recent action in congress would reduc the emphasi on militari_intervent __PUNCT__ and would increas us support for rural develop __PUNCT__ judici reform __PUNCT__ and law_enforc assist_program __PUNCT__

thi is a need step in the right direct __PUNCT__

our militari cannot solv everi problem by itself __PUNCT__

as with illeg_immigr __PUNCT__ we need to recogn that drug ar a develop and econom_incent issu __PUNCT__

law_enforc is essenti __PUNCT__ but it is not enough __PUNCT__

to fight drug_traffick __PUNCT__ we need to arrest and punish dealer __PUNCT__ but we also need to fight the profit of the trade itself __PUNCT__

we need to do more to reduc demand at home i learn thi in new mexico __PUNCT__

as we shut down over __NUM__ meth lab __PUNCT__ reduc suppli __PUNCT__

we also undermin demand by provid qualiti drug treatment to break the addict cycl __PUNCT__

and we must rememb that a farmer who can make a live do someth legal __PUNCT__ is far less like to choos drug product __PUNCT__

a worker with a good_job is less like to fall into the clutch of drug_smuggler __PUNCT__

stronger latin_american american_economi will be less vulner to drug lord __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ we cannot truli engag latin_america if we do not includ the the __NUM___million indigen_peopl who live there __PUNCT__

too mani indigen peopl_live in deep poverti __PUNCT__

too mani lack access to the essenti servic that other in their own countri take for grant __PUNCT__

too mani ar ignor by their own govern __PUNCT__

it is essenti that our polici respect indigen tradit and promot the right of indigen_peopl __PUNCT__

after year of neglect and miss opportun __PUNCT__ the presid trip last march to latin_america wa too littl __PUNCT__ too late __PUNCT__

the next administr must do better __PUNCT__

we will need a renew commit to latin america base upon engag __PUNCT__ dialogu __PUNCT__ and cooper __PUNCT__

we need equit trade_agreement __PUNCT__ and comprehens_immigr immigr_reform __PUNCT__

have spent part of my childhood in mexico __PUNCT__ and have travel wide in the region __PUNCT__ i understand the complic dynam of inter __PUNCT__ american relat __PUNCT__

my mexican mother taught me to valu and respect latino cultur __PUNCT__ just as my american father made me so proud to be a citizen of the unit_state __PUNCT__

my autobiographi wa titl __PUNCT__ between world __PUNCT__ not becaus we ar world apart __PUNCT__ but rather becaus we ar so close __PUNCT__ and becaus it is so import that we work togeth toward common_goal __PUNCT__

woodi allen onc said that eighti percent of success is show up __PUNCT__

these recent_year __PUNCT__ we have not shown up in latin_america __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ we been shown up by lesser leader __PUNCT__

that must chang __PUNCT__

if we do not attempt to succe in the region __PUNCT__ then sure we will fail __PUNCT__

move_forward __PUNCT__ we must preserv the share faith of the peopl of thi hemispher __PUNCT__ in the principl of human_digniti and democrat freedom __PUNCT__

we must have the simpl courag to be strong __PUNCT__

we must step up and lead __PUNCT__

mucha gracia __PUNCT__ thank you veri much __PUNCT__