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Following are excerpts from a speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton last night at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, as recorded by The New York Times.A full transcript is at nytimes.com/campaigns.I am practically speechle.However, 12 years ago, when our country needed new leadership, Americans selected a Democrat who gave us eight years of peace, prosperity and promise.Tonight, I have the pleasure of introducing the last great Democratic president.But first I want to say a few words about the next great Democratic president, John Kerry.You know, I, like all of you, just heard the moving testimonials about the horrors of Sept.11 and the extraordinary witneing by Reverend Alston concerning his lieutenant, John Kerry.I don't know how any American could hear the Reverend Alston and not know John Kerry is the man we need to be our president and commander in chief.And yet we meet at a moment of great peril, but also of great promise for the country we love.Together we can once again widen the circle of opportunity for all Americans, we can once again transcend our differences and divisions, we can once again give our children a safer and more secure future.That is the promise of America, and John Kerry will renew that and keep that promise to this generation and generations to come.He knows very well that you have to lead the world, not alienate it.He will lower the deficit, not raise it.He will create good jobs, not lose them.And he will solve a health care crisis for our people, not ignore it.Now, I know a thing or two about health care.And I know that the problems have only gotten worse in the last four years.We need to rededicate ourselves to the task of providing health care coverage for 44 million Americans who don't have it, and we have to do more to lower the cost for all the rest of Americans who are facing increasing health care insurance premiums and drug prices.We also need to lift the ban on stem cell research and find cures that will help millions of Americans.You know, health care is a serious iue and it requires serious solutions, and that's what John Kerry is good at and that's what he will give us.He will also give us something else, a great vice president by the name of John Edwards.Now you know that John Edwards is smart, he's energetic, and he's empathetic, and he understands the challenges that hardworking Americans face in their daily lives.Americans will be proud to have the Kerry-Edwards team in the White House, and they will be proud, as we all will be, to have their extraordinary partners, Teresa Heinz Kerry and Elizabeth Edwards, working for our country as well.Now, you know, we've been through our share of challenges as Americans, you know, from a Civil War to a Great Depreion to world wars and so much more.But being a senator from New York, I saw first hand, as all of my friends and colleagues did, the devastation of Sept.11.I visited ground zero the day after we were attacked and I felt like I was standing at the gates of Hell.I hope no American ever has to witne a horrible sight like that ever again....And yet,that tragedy changed all of us.I know it changed me.And every day now, as a mother, as a senator, and as an American, I worry about whether we are acting as wisely as we can to protect our country and our people.Last week, the bipartisan 9-11 commiion iued its report.It was a sober call to action that we ignore at our peril.John Kerry understands what’s at stake.We need to fully equip and train our firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians-our first responders in the event of a terrorist attack.We need to secure our borders and our ports, as well as our chemical and nuclear plants.We need to reorganize our federal government to meet the new threats of these times.We need to make sure that homeland security is properly funded and that resources go to areas at greatest risk.We need to take care of our men and women in uniform who risked their lives for our country.These brave Americans deserve better.We need to increase our troop strength, we need to raise their pay, we need to provide our veterans, the National Guard and Reserves with the benefits they are entitled to for the service and duty they perform for our nation.And do you know what we need to meet those challenges? We need a new commander in chief named John Kerry.I've been saying for many months now John Kerry is a serious man for a serious job in a serious time in our country's history.So let's join together, not just those of us in this great hall tonight, but throughout our nation, and do everything we poibly can to convince our fellow Americans to look to the future, to look deep inside themselves.They know what is best for our children.And if we just have the courage to act on our conviction, we will, by an overwhelming majority, send John Kerry and John Edwards to do their duty for us in the White House starting next year.I am very optimistic about this election because I think I know a great leader when I see one.And so does America.In 1992 and 1996, Americans chose a president who left our country in better shape than when he took office.And he still spends his days working to empower the powerle, to promote racial, religious and ethnic reconciliation, to inspire young people to citizen service, and to bring life-saving medicines to people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world.He showed Democrats how to win again.And so will John Kerry.Please welcome the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton.
