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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher’s mound or you can be in the catcher’s position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.

Rahm Emanuel

Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades.
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Crime Fight Partnership Problem
The American people want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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Change Ideas People Reform
In the White House, you can be on the pitcher’s mound or you can be in the catcher’s position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
RAHM EMANUEL

Commitment Deliver Government People Yourself
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
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Decision Dedication Election Leadership Myself People
Under Superintendent Johnson’s leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.
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Community Leadership Police
The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the media.
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Community Enforcement Law Media Relationship World
We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message – get the job done.
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Clear Message Work
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
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Hero Ourselves Sacrifice Thankful Time
Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There’s a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn’t exist.
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Existence Honesty Kind Pressure Profession Story
As big a problem as gun violence is for Chicago, it is not beyond our ability to solve. Ending this string of tragedies is our top priority as a city. We are infusing our police department with the manpower, technology and training to meet this challenge head on.
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Department End Ourselves Police Problem Tragedy Weapon
Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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Geography Security Value
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life.
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Believe Government Investigation Life Myself Privacy Right
There’s no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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Hide Run Safety
I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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Hate Morning Myself Wake Up
In millions of encounters each year between the police and the public, it may be too much to expect that every officer will always get it right. But it is not too much to expect that we can put the right safeguards in place to hold officers accountable when they get it wrong.
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Accountable Expectation Office Right Safety Willing Wrong
There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.
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Citizenship Drugs Home Leaving

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