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1【Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens a 'Hero'】
TEXT:this come during sad and difficult days for the state dept family. We lost four americans, they were good and brave men. They were committed to the cause of building a brighter future for the people of libya. And we can condemn the violence in the strongest terms, the violence against our posts in benghazi, in egypt and now in yemen. The libyan ambassador is with us tonight and I want to take a moment to thank him for the support that his government and the libyan people have shown to the united states in this tragedy, particularly the outpouring of feelings of grief and loss because of the killing of our ambassador."[SOT/](ali aujali/libyan ambassador to the united states)"you supported us during the war, but you have to support us during the peace. We are going through a very difficult time and we need the help of friends. It's a very sad day for me since I learned of the death of my dear friend and colleague ambassador chris stevens. I know chris for 6 years, we played tennis together, we drive in one car and we had some traditional libyan food in my house. I must tell you maadam and the american people that chris is a hero. He's the real hero, he's the man who believed the libyan people would achieve the democracy after 42 years of the dictatorship. Now we're facing a serious problem. And we have to maintain and we need security and stability in our country. The government is facing a series or problems, with the support of you and the friends who supported us during the war is very important."
2【2012 Democratic National Convention】
TEXT：“Hope and change” it wasn’t. But President Barack Obama’s message Thursday promised an economic recovery that would be slow but sure — asking for faith from the American people for four more years.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “I never said this journey would be easy, and I won’t promise that now. Yes, our path is hard, but it leads to a better place. Yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together.”
For Mr. Obama, the tone was undoubtedly different from that of 2008’s convention speech. That was perhaps best summed up by the president himself.“I recognize that times have changed since I first spoke to this convention. Times have changed, and so have I.”“I’m no longer just a candidate. I’m the president.”
Among his first term achievements, Mr. Obama listed the end of the war in Iraq and the killing of Osama bin Laden. But The New York Times writes the case he made for his economic record was less concrete than the foreign policy victories the president cited.
“[Obama] has been far more successful at meeting those challenges than his opponents claim, but far less successful than he needs to be at making voters see that.”
Instant reactions to the president’s speech were mixed. On CNN , former presidential adviser David Gergen had tepid praise for Mr. Obama but said it left something to be desired.
“He’s scarred. He’s more mature. And he’s not promising as much. There is very little here in the way of promises about jobs.”
“I thought he lowered the bar in terms of what he was trying to achieve. But I did think he was very presidential.”
And on Twitter, the consensus among many pundits was that Obama played it safe.
With The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein saying :“It's the speech you give when you think you're winning.”And Digital First Media’s Ryan Beckwith Tweeting :“When your biggest applause line is just noting that you are, in fact, the president, then this is a safe speech.”
After two weeks of political pageantry from the party conventions, Mr. Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney will make their arguments in a more candid setting Oct. 3 — at the first presidential debate in Denver.
