00:00We honor members of the press, both national and local, covering the once-in-a-century pandemic
00:06when we lost a million Americans, a generation reckoning on race, an existential threat to
00:14climate change. The Free Press is not the enemy of the people, far from it. At your best,
00:21you're guarding the truth. President Kennedy once said, and I quote, without debate,
00:26without criticism, no administration, no country can succeed, and no republic can survive.
00:34It's not guaranteed, because democracy is never guaranteed. It has to be earned.
00:40It has to be defended. It has to be protected. You've heard me say many times,
00:46there's not a damn thing this country can do when we stand united and do it together.
00:52And I know we can do anything we want to do.
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