【正文】 we have a lot in is a person of color.(Laughter.)Although not a color that appears in the natural world.(Laughter.)What39。s up, John?(Laughter.)In the next hundred days, I will meet with a leader who rules over millions with an iron fist, who owns the airwaves and uses his power to crush all who would challenge his authority at the ballot 39。s good to see you, Mayor Bloomberg.(Laughter.)In the next hundred days, we will housetrain our dog, Bo, because the last thing Tim Geithner needs is someone else treating him like a fire hydrant.(Laughter.)In the next hundred days, I will strongly consider losing my cool.(Laughter.)Finally, I believe that my next hundred days will be so successful I will be able to plete them in 72 days.(Laughter.)And on the 73rd day, I will rest.(Laughter.)I justI want to end by saying a few words about the men and women in this room whose job it is to inform the public and pursue the know, we meet tonight at a moment of extraordinary challenge for this nation and for the world, but it39。s also a time of real hardship for the field of like so many other businesses in this global age, you39。ve seen sweeping changes and technology and munications that lead to a sense of uncertainty and anxiety about what the future will the country, there are extraordinary, hardworking journalists who have lost their jobs in recent days, recent weeks, recent I know that each newspaper and media outlet is wrestling with how to respond to these changes, and some are struggling simply to stay it won39。t be every ending will be a happy it39。s also true that your ultimate success as an industry is essential to the success of our 39。s what makes this thing know, Thomas Jefferson once said that if he had the choice between a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, he would not hesitate to choose the , Thomas Jefferson never had cable news to contend with(laughter)but his central point remains: A government without newspapers, a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts, is not an option for the United States of America.(Applause.)So I may notI may not agree with everything you write or may even plain, or more likely Gibbs will plain, from time to time about how you do your jobs, but I do so with the knowledge that when you are at your best, then you help me be at my help all of us who serve at the pleasure of the American people do our jobs better by holding us accountable, by demanding honesty, by preventing us from taking shortcuts and falling into easy political games that people are so desperately weary that kind of reporting is worth preservingnot just for your sake, but for the public39。 count on you to help us make sense of a plex world and tell the stories of our lives the way they happen, and we look for you for truth, even if it39。s always an approximation, even if(laughter.)This is a season of renewal and is what government must learn to do, that39。s what businesses must learn to do, and that39。s what journalism is in the process of when I look out at this room and think about the dedicated men and women whose questions I39。ve answered over the last few years, I know that for all the challenges this industry faces, it39。s not short on talent or creativity or passion or 39。s not short of young people who are eager to break news or the notsoyoung who still manage to ask the tough ones time and time qualities alone will not solve all your problems, but they certainly prove that the problems are worth that is a good place as any to I offer you my thanks, I offer you my support, and I look forward to working with you and answering to you and the American people as we seek a more perfect union in the months and years you very much, you.(Applause.)第二篇：奧巴馬在白宮記者協(xié)會晚宴上的講話Remarks at the White House Correspondents39。 Association Dinner奧巴馬在白宮記者協(xié)會晚宴上的講話May 9, 2009THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, know, I had an entire speech prepared for this wonderful occasion, but now that I39。m here I think I39。m going to try something a little I want to speak from the 39。m going to speak off the cuff.(Teleprompters rise.)(Laughter and applause.)Good evening.(Laughter.)Pause for laughter.(Laughter.)Wait a minute, this may not be working as well as I(laughter.)Let me try that evening, everybody.(Applause.)I would like to wele you all to the 10day anniversary of my first 100 days.(Laughter.)I am Barack of you covered of you voted for me.(Laughter and applause.)Apologies to the Fox table.(Laughter.)They39。rewhere are they? I have to confess I really did not want to be here tonight, but I knew I had to ejust one more problem that I39。ve inherited from George .(Laughter.)But now that I39。m here, it39。s great to be 39。s great to see all of Obama is here, the First Lady of the United States.(Applause.)Hasn39。t she been an outstanding First Lady?(Applause.)She39。s even begun to bridge the differences that have divided us for so long, because no matter which party you belong to we can all agree that Michelle has the right to bare arms.(Laughter and applause.)Now Sasha and Malia aren39。t here tonight because they39。re can39。t just take Air Force One on a joy ride to Manhattan.(Laughter.)I don39。t care whose kids you are.(Laughter.)We39。ve been setting some ground rules 39。re starting to get a little carried , speakingwhen I think about children obviously I think about Michelle and it reminds me that tomorrow is Mother39。s Mother39。s Day to all the mothers in the audience.(Applause.)I do have to say, though, that this is a tough holiday for Rahm Emanuel because he39。s not used to saying the word “day” after “mother.”(Laughter.)That39。s true.(Laughter.)David Axelrod is know, David and I have been together for a long can still rememberI got to sort ofI tear up a little bit when I think back to that day that I called Ax so many years ago and said, you and I can do wonderful things he said to me the same thing that partners all across America are saying to one another right now: Let