Chancellor Merkel, members of the German delegation -- on behalf of Michelle and myself, it is our great pleasure to welcome you back to the White House.

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"It is truly our pleasure having you here as our guest, " read a friendly letter, waiting for me at my seat in the tiered media center, signed by the chairman of the club's media committee.

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And now, it is my pleasure to bring out our first performer to the stage, the King of the Blues, Mr. B.

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So, because of these shared values, because of the deep and longstanding relationship between our two countries, it is an extraordinary pleasure to have Prime Minister Gillard here.

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For all of us here at the CIA, it is a privilege and a pleasure to have our intelligence community family here with us, to have all of our military partners with us, and I also want to thank the White House staff, particularly those involved in the national security element, to be with us today.

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And that is why it is such a pleasure to honor you all here today -- for the work that you do, for inspiring our kids, for keeping their promise alive, loving them, supporting them.

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