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s also a passionate advocate for the stronger ties between the United States and I am talking, of course, about Ambassador Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Thank you. (Applause.) 。s a terrific representative of his amp。s first ever Diwalicelebration. I guarantee you it will not be our last. (Laughter and applause.) And it isimportant in many ways for all of us on occasions like this to be able to e together andcelebrate the diversity of our backgrounds, the diversity of our beliefs, to count our sharedblessings and our responsibilities, and to do so as sisters and brothers, as mothers and fathers,as members of a munity, as citizens of a nation, and as stewards of our planet. So I am pleased now to introduce one of the leading members of the diplomatic corps here inWashington, a distinguished public servant, and heamp。 And as Dr. King testified so often, life is a constant strugglebetween the better and lesser angels of our nature. Tonight, as we e together in the spiritof the Diwali festival, we need to, all of us, think about how to reaffirm our sharedmitment to the light. And this is particularly a moment as we look at the events aroundthe world where that mitment could serve all humankind. So in closing, I want to thank all of you for joining us at the State Departmentamp。 only light can do that. Hate cannot driveout hate。s an indication of how our mutualmitment to religious tolerance and pluralism helps to define and to strengthen our twodemocracies. President Obama and Prime Minister Modi had a chance to celebrate these shared values lastmonth when they crossed the avenue from the White House and together went to visit theMartin Luther King Memorial. And everybody near knows how