00:00You have blazed a path ahead on the two most critical issues for the future, economic reform and nuclear weapons.
00:10Thanks to your leadership, Ukraine is making the hard choices that will ensure the prosperity Ukrainians deserve.
00:17And thanks to your vision and that of Ukrainian parliament, you are removing the threat of nuclear weapons and laying the groundwork for an era of peace with your neighbors.
00:47I salute the courage you have shown.
01:05America will stand with you to support your independence, your territorial integrity and your reforms.
01:12We are bound together by a dedication to peace and a devotion to freedom.
01:18The flame of that commitment to freedom was kept burning during the Cold War by nearly a million Ukrainian Americans,
01:25some of whom are with us here today, who never forgot Ukraine and who are today contributing to its reawakening.
01:33America will stand with you and will support your independence, your territorial integrity and your reforms.
01:43We are connected together with the forgiveness of peace and the desire of the freedom.
01:48Almost a million Ukrainian Americans have been implicated during the Cold War by the Cold War.
01:54Now that your country is again free, all Americans are determined that the flame of Ukrainian freedom will burn ever brighter.
02:21We will stand with you.
02:23Now that your country is again free, all Ukrainians are determined that the flame of Ukrainian freedom will burn ever brighter.
02:3577 years ago today, Mr. President, on November 22, 1917, another generation of Ukrainian leaders declared the independence of Ukraine.
02:52It was a tragedy that civil war and Bolshevism doomed that new state while it was still in its infancy.
03:0177 years ago, today, Mr. President, on November 22, 1917, another generation of Ukrainian leaders declared the independence of Ukraine.
03:15Today, we are pleased and honored to welcome you, the leader of Ukraine that is conquering the challenges of independence,
03:32poised to fulfill its hopes, a nation that will grow into one of the great nations of Europe.
03:37And we say, we are pleased and honored to welcome you, the leader of Ukraine, who leads the challenges of independence,
03:54and the country that will become one of the great countries of Europe.
03:59Father at queLuc history, we can onlyifying you, the leader of Ukraine.
