E ASSESSMENT
Directions: Read the excerpts of the speeches below and answer the questions
follow.
A.
We won't suddenly agree on everything now that the cloud of crisis
passed. But we shouldn't hold back on places where we do agree, just bec
we don't think it's good politics. Or just because the extremes in our parties
like compromise. I'll look for willing partners from either party to get imp
work done. There's no good reason why we can't govem responsibly,
lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. Because th
governing - it's just hurting the people we were sent here to serve
1. How does President Obama define the word "govern"?
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