We’ve just seen a copy of President Obama’s remarks and wanted to make sure ONE members saw the excerpts below that deal with global poverty and America’s role in the world.

In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a new era of engagement has begun.  For we know that America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America…

To meet the challenges of the 21st century – from terrorism to nuclear proliferation; from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty – we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of our national power…

As we stand at this crossroads of history, the eyes of all people in all nations are once again upon us – watching to see what we do with this moment; waiting for us to lead.

Earlier this year, more than 102,000 ONE members signed petitions to President Obama asking him to make a clear affirmation in his inaugural address of his pledge to fight global poverty and preventable diseases, and to back up those words with his Fiscal Year 2010 budget. After his strong statement in that inaugural address and his words tonight, we continue to hope that the budget President Obama submits to Congress in a few days time will put the U.S. on track to meet his historic anti-poverty commitments.

-Aaron Banks