00:00Good afternoon. I heard you missed me. Here I am. Welcome to the White House.
00:09But America's greatest competitive advantage remains in its own people.
00:16Tomorrow's leaders are sitting in classrooms today, including those growing up in foster care.
00:23Their capability is no less remarkable. Fostering the future elevates America's youth based on merit and talent,
00:34lifting them beyond economic circumstance and every other condition that may limit opportunity.
00:42Education is the only one asset that can never be taken away.
00:49It is the foundation upon which confidence is built, opportunity is created and the future is invented.