Government can build the best schools with the best teachers, but we can't run the PTA or chaperone those field trips or mentor those kids after school or have them sit down and do their homework at night. We can pass the most comprehensive health reform bill, but Congress can't be on the ground in our communities caring for the sick and helping people lead healthier lives. Government can give our troops the equipment they need and the pay and benefits that they have earned. And nobody's working harder at doing that than Secretary Gates. (09:50–10:00)
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Asserts that while health reform can be legislated, Congress cannot directly provide community health care.
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