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Here's a couple of other quotes from O’s other speeches:

But it’s also important that a president speaks to military service as an obligation not just of some, but of many

And I think it’s important for the president to say, this is an important obligation. If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some.
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Well, there’s no doubt that if there are wars going on and some are being asked to sacrifice their lives, that I think you have to ask yourself, why them instead of you? And so I think there are special obligations during wartime

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And for us to say, serve in the military, but if that’s not where you want to serve, learn a foreign language and go into the foreign service. And by the way, we will deploy you in some difficult areas, but that’s part of what it means to be an American and to serve and to sacrifice

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So we’ve got to transform Washington. And we’ve got to do some house cleaning. But what we also want to do is to remind young people that if it weren’t for government, then we wouldn’t have a Civil Rights Act. If it weren’t for government, we would not have the interstate highway system. If it weren’t for government, we would not have some of our parks and natural wilderness areas that are so precious to America.

And so part of my job, I think, as president, is to make government cool again

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Part of what is interesting about our campaign, for example, is that when young people come in, we work them like dogs. I mean, and they are given big responsibilities
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I want to mobilize seniors to get involved with their schools or their local hospital or health clinic.

So, look, do I expect that my national service plan gets passed exactly as I proposed? Of course not. That’s not the way legislation works.

my Note:

There are people who have said that Obama is referring to community service when he refers to this Civilian National Security Force. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE. He is revering to a specific thing: a National Civilian Security Force. He also mentions other service by name, such as An Americorp, Peacecorp, Seniors assist teaching in schools, foreign languages, etc. And then he specifically mentions the Security Force. The whole thing is strange. That is wants to require citizens to such a level of national service. The whole thing is creepy.