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It should not be enough for us to simply recover as a trans-Atlantic community. We can and
we must make the investments now in each other now and in our way of life to continue to
play the leadership role that the world needs and expects of us in these complex times.
America and Europe have each tried going it alone at various moments in our history, and
the results are rarely good. We need each other to be our best, and we are at an inflection
point. Those who want to live in peace and freedom
around the world are looking to us for a "trans-Atlantic renaissance." I believe that renaissance is
within our grasp. For almost seventy years the trans-Atlantic community has been the
rock on which the world order rests. Our challenge, on both sides of the Atlantic, is to ensure
that that remains the case.