美国国务卿克里在2015年＂选择美国＂投资峰会上英语演讲稿

美国国务卿克里在2015年＂选择美国＂投资峰会上英语演讲稿 　　Thank you. Well, good afternoon. Thank you very much, Vinai. Appreciate the kind introduction. More importantly, I want to thank you for doing such a terrific job at SelectUSA. Thank you all for being here. I'm honored to be the closing keynote speaker, I gather, which means that I'm the guy who talks when everything's been said – but not by everyone. So I'm here to add a little reinforcement to some very important messages, and I'm really delighted to be here with you. 　　I want to begin by thanking our absolutely extraordinary Secretary of Commerce – she is adelight to work with. Penny Pritzker and her team are making SelectUSA a great program.Penny, thank you. (Applause.) And I also want to thank the more than 2,600 people, I gather,from nearly 80 countries who've traveled here to be part of this summit. And you representinvestors from all over the world, economic development organizations from every corner of theUnited States, and officials from every level of government, who have come here to facilitategreater investment in the United States. And your presence, I think, is evidence of the valueof what we want to accomplish and of the very fulsome possibilities, the rich possibilities thatwe're looking at and that we hope this summit will set in motion. 　　I'm particularly grateful to the dozens of U.S. ambassadors and chiefs of mission at posts allacross the globe who've not only helped to bring so many international business people heretoday but who are in attendance themselves. I won't embarrass them by asking them tostand, but that also could be an attendance check here. (Laughter.) But I will thank themprofusely for making the effort. I really am grateful for that. 　　We have more than 50 chiefs of mission who are part of this summit, and that is a verysignificant deal. It's leading delegations – each of them are leading delegations from thecountries to which they're posted. And they – all of them, believe me – understand that intoday's world, foreign policy and economic policy are not only linked, but they're actually oneand the same. And that's why business and economics, believe me, are top priorities at everysingle one of our posts. We have 275 embassies, consulates around the world, and at everysingle one of them, this is a top priority. And I think the sheer number of organizations andbusinesses that are represented at this summit are an indication of that fact. 　　Now, some might debate it – I don't – I think the United States of America, particularly at thismoment of time is without doubt one of the best places in the world to invest, if not the bestplace. And I say that not with an ounce of arrogance, with some humility because there's acertain – there's a responsibility that falls in the hands of our entrepreneurs. I don't stand hereas a principal in the government and suggest that we did it all. We didn't. It's a combination.You have to create the framework, the structure, and then people have to come along withgood ideas, good businesses, and they have to be free to be able to go out and make thosebusinesses work. 　　But I am proud of what we have done since the moment of the economic crisis when I was inthe United States Senate. I could never forget the Treasury secretary coming up pale andliterally shaking, quite agitated, as he told us that the financial system of the United States ofAmerica was in jeopardy. And we have made an extraordinary return from that moment, andI believe President Obama, who came in at the transition of 2008 into 2009, made the rightdecisions at the right time that literally pulled this country back from the brink of certainly ahuge recession, if not depression. And he deserves credit for the choices that he made. (Applause.)