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美国总统周末电台演讲:华盛顿白宫奥巴马电台演讲 Inthis week ’saddress, President Obama spoke tothe American people from Colorado, where hehad just finished touring areas impacted bythe devastating Waldo Canyon fire, meeting with first responders aswell as families affected bythe fires. The President thanked the brave firefighters and countless volunteers who are providing food, water, and shelter tothose inneed, and made clear that his administration will continue tobring all resources available toassist efforts bat the fires. The federal government has marshaled thousands offirefighters, hundreds offire engines, and more than 100 aircraft, including 19 airtankers that are available for usasoftoday, tosupport firefighting efforts inanumber ofWestern states including Colorado. Hello, everybody. I'm here inColorado Springs, visiting some ofthe devastating fires that have been taking place over the last several days. Asmany ofyou have been watching ontelevision, munities are under threat. And wehad achance totour some ofthe devastation that has been taking place insome ofthe subdivisions here. Firefighters are working 18hours aday, around the clock, trying tomake sure that they get this blaze under control. We've got volunteers who are out here who are making sure that these firefighters have the food and the water and all the resources that they need. And we've been engaging insome unprecedented coordin