【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 　　Unfrtunately, the StateDepartment doesnamp。rsquo。t have our own Grover Norquist pushing a pledgeto protect donamp。rsquo。t have millions of AARP seniors who send in their dues and rally toprotectAmericaamp。rsquo。s investments overseas. The kids whose lives weamp。rsquo。re helping savefrom AIDS, the womenweamp。rsquo。re helping to free from the horrors of sex trafficking,the students who, for the first time, canchoose to walk into a school insteadof into a short life of terrorism amp。ndash。 their strongest lobbyists arethe rare,mitted Americans who stand up for them and for the resources that we needtohelp them. And I hope that includes all of you here and many listening.
　　You understand why. Every timethat a tough fiscal choice looms, the easiest place topoint fingers amp。ndash。 foreignaid. As Ronald Reagan said, foreign aid suffers from a lack ofdomesticconstituency, and thatamp。rsquo。s part of the reason that everyone thinks it costs a lotmore thanit really does. So we need to change that. I reject the excuse thatAmericans just arenamp。rsquo。tinterested in whatamp。rsquo。s happening outside of their immediatefield of vision. I donamp。rsquo。t believe thatabout any one of you sitting here, and Idonamp。rsquo。t believe that about Americans.
　　In fact, the real domesticconstituency for what we do, if people can see the dots connectedandunderstand what weamp。rsquo。re doing in its full measure, is really large. Itamp。rsquo。s the 314millionAmericans whose lives are better every day because of what we do, andwho, deep down, whenthey have time to stop and think about it, know that ourinvestment abroad actually makesthem and our nation safer.
　　Now, my friends, in this age,when a shrinking world clashes with calls for shrinking budgetsamp。ndash。 and weamp。rsquo。re notalone amp。ndash。 itamp。rsquo。s our job to connect those dots, to connect them for theAmericanpeople between what we do over there and the size of the difference that itmakes overhere at home, why the price of abandoning our global efforts wouldbe exorbitant, and whythe vacuum we would leave by retreating within ourselveswill quickly be filled by those whoseinterests differ dramatically from ours.
　　We learned that lesson in thedeserts of Mali recently, in the mountains of Afghanistan in2020, and in thetribal areas of Pakistan even today. Just think: Todayamp。rsquo。s firstyears here atUVAwere starting the second grade when a small cabal of terrorists halfwayaround the worldshattered our sense of security and our stability, ourskylines. So I know that you certainlyhave always understood that bad thingshappening over there threaten us right here.
　　Knowing that, the question isthis: How do we, together, make clear that the opposite is justas true。 thatif we do the right things, the good things, the smart things over there, itwillstrengthen us here at home?
　　Let me tell you my answer: Ibelieve we do this in two ways. First, itamp。rsquo。s about telling the storyof how westand up for American jobs and businesses amp。ndash。 pretty practical, prettystraightforward,and pretty real on a daytoday basis. And second, itamp。rsquo。s abouthow we stand up for our Americanvalues, something that has alwaysdistinguished America.
　　I agree with President Obama thatthere is nothing in this current budget fight thatrequires us to make baddecisions, that forces us to retrench or to retreat. This is a time tocontinueto engage for the sake of the safety and the economic health of our is notoptional. It is a necessity. The American people understand this, Ibelieve. Our businessesunderstand this. Itamp。rsquo。s simple. The more they sellabroad, the more theyamp。rsquo。re going to hire here athome. And since 95 percent ofthe worldamp。rsquo。s customers live outside of our country, we canamp。rsquo。thamstring our ownability to pete in those increasingly growing markets.
　　Virginia understands this as wellas any state in the union. Senator Kaine, I know, when agovernor, took thosetrips to try to make this happen. International trade supports more thanamillion jobs right here in Virginia amp。ndash。 more than one in five jobs in Virginia,which actually todayis the story of America.
　　You have a pany up near Dullescalled Orbital Sciences Corporation. With the help of thepersistent advocatesof our Embassy in Bangkok, it beat out French and Russian petitors tobuildThailandamp。rsquo。s newest broadcast satellite. Virginiaamp。rsquo。s Orbital is now teaming upwith a Californiapany called Space Exploration Technologies that makessatellite equipment. The deal thatour Embassy helped secure, valued at $160million, goes right back into American munitiesfrom coast to coast. Thatamp。rsquo。sthe difference that our embassies abroad actually can make back hereat home.
　　And these success stories happenin partnership with countries all over the world because ofthe resources thatweamp。rsquo。ve deployed to bring business and jobs back to America. Theseinvestments,my friends, are paying for themselves. We create more than 5,000 jobs foreverybillion dollars of goods and services that we export. So the last thing that weshould do issurrender this kind of leverage.
　　These successes are happening inCanada, where State Department officers there got a localautomotive firm toinvest tens of millions of dollars in Michigan, where the Americanautoindustry is now making a remarkable eback.
　　In Indonesia where, thanks toEmbassy Jakarta, that nationamp。rsquo。s largest privately run airlinejust placed anorder for mercial aircraft, the largest order Boeing has ever been askedtofill. Meanwhile, the Indonesian state railroad is buying its lootives fromGeneral Electric.
　　In South Africa, where more than600 . panies are doing business, and where OPIC,the Overseas PrivateInvestment Corporation, and the ExportImport Bank, and the TradeandDevelopment Agency just opened an office to help close more investment dealsbetweenAmerican panies and Africaamp。rsquo。s booming energy and transportationsectors, itamp。rsquo。s also a twowaystreet. A major South African energy pany isplanning to build a