    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
    [June 14, 2008]
    [Pages 815-816]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    The President's Radio Address
    June 14, 2008

        Good morning. This week, I'm traveling in Europe. In the past few
    days, I have visited Slovenia, Germany, Italy, and the Vatican. I'm
    spending this Saturday in France, and I will conclude my trip in the
    United Kingdom.
        In my meetings, I've discussed our shared efforts to advance peace
    and prosperity around the world. America has strong partners in leaders
    like Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, Germany's
    Angela Merkel, France's Nicolas
    Sarkozy, and Britain's Gordon Brown. And together we're pursuing an agenda that is broad
    and far reaching.
        America and Europe are cooperating to open new opportunities for
    trade and investment. We're working to tear down regulatory barriers
    that hurt our businesses and consumers. We're striving to make this the
    year that the world completes an ambitious Doha trade agreement, which
    will open up new markets for American goods and services and help
    alleviate poverty around the world.
        America and Europe are cooperating to address the twin challenges of
    energy security and climate change, while keeping our economies strong.
    We're working to diversify our energy supplies by developing and
    financing new clean energy technologies. And we're working toward an
    international agreement that commits every major economy to slow, stop,
    and eventually reverse the growth of greenhouse gases.
        America and Europe are cooperating to widen the circle of
    development and prosperity. We're leading the world in providing food
    aid, improving education for boys and girls, and fighting disease.
    Through the historic commitments of the United States and other G-8
    countries, we're working to turn the tide against HIV/AIDS and malaria
    in Africa. And to achieve this noble goal, all nations must keep their
    promises to deliver this urgent aid.
        America and Europe are cooperating on our most solemn duty:
    protecting our citizens. Our nations are applying the tools of
    intelligence, finance, law enforcement, diplomacy, and when necessary,
    military power to break up terror networks and deny them safe havens.
    And to protect against the prospect of ballistic missile attacks
    emanating from the Middle East, we're developing a shared system of
    missile defense.
        We're also working together to ensure that Iran is not allowed to
    acquire a nuclear weapon. This week, America and our European allies
    sent a clear and unmistakable message to the regime in Tehran: It must
    verifiably suspend its enrichment activities or face further isolation
    and additional sanctions. Together, America and Europe are pursuing
    strong diplomacy with Iran, so that future generations can look back and
    say that we came together to stop this threat to our people.
        In the long run, the most important way we can protect our people is
    to defeat the terrorists' hateful ideology by spreading the hope of
    freedom. So America and Europe are working together to advance the
    vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by
    side in security and peace. We're working together to protect the
    sovereignty of Lebanon's young democracy. And we're working together to
    strengthen the democratically elected Governments in Iraq and
    Afghanistan.
        In all of these areas, the United States and Europe have agreed that
    we must take action and that we must go forward together. The level and
    breadth of the cooperation between America and our European allies today
    is unprecedented. And together we're making the world a safer and more
    hopeful place.
        Thank you for listening.

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    Note: The address was recorded at 9:15 a.m. on June 13 in Rome, Italy,
    for broadcast at 10:06 a.m., e.d.t., on June 14. The transcript was made
    available by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 13, but was
    embargoed for release until the broadcast. Due to the 6-hour time
    difference, the address was broadcast after the President's news
    conference in Paris, France. The Office of the Press Secretary also
    released a Spanish language transcript of this address.