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2nd July 2015, 02:53 AM
STACEY KIRK
Last updated 20:10, July 2 2015
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US Embassy Wellington
Joe Biden's message to New Zealand for Independence Day
United States Vice-President Joe Biden has delivered an Independence Day message to New Zealanders highlighting the values on which the two countries are "bound together".
In a video message to "the special people of New Zealand",(Kiwis are special...hahaha) he said "remarkable progress" had been made on free trade agreement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). (f#ck)
The message was played during an early Independence Day event hosted by US Ambassador Mark Gilbert and his family in Wellington.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/m/p/q/5/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349. 15mfhc.png/1435824619449.jpg YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS
"Our nations - the United States and New Zealand - and our people have always been bound together by the common commitment to the democratic, open and prosperous and secure world", said Biden.
Like ANZUS and our nuclear free zone really cemented us...haha
It's the first time a US vice-president has recorded such a message to New Zealand, signalling the personal ties between new ambassador Gilbert and the White House.
Gilbert, a former Major League baseball player, is a major donor to the Democratic Party and a personal friend of US President Barack Obama.
Independence Day in the US is celebrated on July 4 and commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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United States ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert has hosted his first Independence Day event in Wellington, receiving a message from Vice-President Joe Biden
Biden said the US embassy in New Zealand would "have the honour of celebrating first" on Saturday.
"And as the sun sets in Wellington, it's going to rise in Philadelphia where 239 years ago our nation was founded on the basic self-evident truth that all men and women are created equal.
"And it's a truth that continue to guide every American heart whether living at home or abroad. And it's a value we share in common with the people of New Zealand," he said.
"Our nations - the United States and New Zealand - and our people have always been bound together by the common commitment to the democratic, open and prosperous and secure world."
With the US "re-balance strategy" in the Asia Pacific region, "partners like New Zealand have never been more consequential".
Biden said nowhere was that more clear "than the remarkable progress we've made together on the Trans-Pacific Partnership".
On Monday, Obama secured a major win in the United States Senate when it approved legislation to grant him the power to negotiate trade deals and send them on a fast track through Congress.
The vote was a big step forward and put the prospect of the 12-nation TPP deal into the home straight.
Biden used a quote from Sir Edmund Hillary to describe the progression of the negotiations.
"It was a famous Kiwi explorer Edmund Hillary who said: People do not decide to become extraordinary, they decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
"Our people have accomplished extraordinary things together, and in the coming Pacific century, we'll accomplish even more together.
"So happy fourth of July, I hope you enjoy the day. May God bless you all, and may God protect our troops."
- Stuff
VID,,,,,,
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69910752/us-vicepresident-joe-biden-sends-nz-an-independence-day-message
well NZ dosnt really care one way or the other about the 4th of july
this is the biggest suck up ever............a few years ago the US wouldnt talk to NZ.....haha they are getting desperate.
3 cheers for the TPP..........Tarnished Toilet Paper
Bugger off Biden or you will get this on your way out .......
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Last updated 20:10, July 2 2015
105 (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69910752/us-vicepresident-joe-biden-sends-nz-an-independence-day-message#comments)
US Embassy Wellington
Joe Biden's message to New Zealand for Independence Day
United States Vice-President Joe Biden has delivered an Independence Day message to New Zealanders highlighting the values on which the two countries are "bound together".
In a video message to "the special people of New Zealand",(Kiwis are special...hahaha) he said "remarkable progress" had been made on free trade agreement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). (f#ck)
The message was played during an early Independence Day event hosted by US Ambassador Mark Gilbert and his family in Wellington.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/m/p/q/5/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349. 15mfhc.png/1435824619449.jpg YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS
"Our nations - the United States and New Zealand - and our people have always been bound together by the common commitment to the democratic, open and prosperous and secure world", said Biden.
Like ANZUS and our nuclear free zone really cemented us...haha
It's the first time a US vice-president has recorded such a message to New Zealand, signalling the personal ties between new ambassador Gilbert and the White House.
Gilbert, a former Major League baseball player, is a major donor to the Democratic Party and a personal friend of US President Barack Obama.
Independence Day in the US is celebrated on July 4 and commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/8/s/9/s/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349. 15mfhc.png/1435824619449.jpg
United States ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert has hosted his first Independence Day event in Wellington, receiving a message from Vice-President Joe Biden
Biden said the US embassy in New Zealand would "have the honour of celebrating first" on Saturday.
"And as the sun sets in Wellington, it's going to rise in Philadelphia where 239 years ago our nation was founded on the basic self-evident truth that all men and women are created equal.
"And it's a truth that continue to guide every American heart whether living at home or abroad. And it's a value we share in common with the people of New Zealand," he said.
"Our nations - the United States and New Zealand - and our people have always been bound together by the common commitment to the democratic, open and prosperous and secure world."
With the US "re-balance strategy" in the Asia Pacific region, "partners like New Zealand have never been more consequential".
Biden said nowhere was that more clear "than the remarkable progress we've made together on the Trans-Pacific Partnership".
On Monday, Obama secured a major win in the United States Senate when it approved legislation to grant him the power to negotiate trade deals and send them on a fast track through Congress.
The vote was a big step forward and put the prospect of the 12-nation TPP deal into the home straight.
Biden used a quote from Sir Edmund Hillary to describe the progression of the negotiations.
"It was a famous Kiwi explorer Edmund Hillary who said: People do not decide to become extraordinary, they decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
"Our people have accomplished extraordinary things together, and in the coming Pacific century, we'll accomplish even more together.
"So happy fourth of July, I hope you enjoy the day. May God bless you all, and may God protect our troops."
- Stuff
VID,,,,,,
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69910752/us-vicepresident-joe-biden-sends-nz-an-independence-day-message
well NZ dosnt really care one way or the other about the 4th of july
this is the biggest suck up ever............a few years ago the US wouldnt talk to NZ.....haha they are getting desperate.
3 cheers for the TPP..........Tarnished Toilet Paper
Bugger off Biden or you will get this on your way out .......
http://www.podcastmcq.org/code/medias/images/gp/mcq-96-1807-fourche.jpg