Now, let me just comment, first of all, on the fact that I can't get the networks to break in on all kinds of other discussions -- I was just back there listening to Chuck -- he was saying, it's amazing that he's not going to be talking about national security. I would not have the networks breaking in if I was talking about that, Chuck, and you know it. 首先，让我评论一下，我无法让各大电视网络中断其他各种节目来直播——我刚才在后面听查克说——他说，令人惊讶的是他不会谈论国家安全问题。查克，如果我谈的是那个话题，各大电视网络就不会中断节目来直播了，你很清楚这一点。
As many of you have been briefed, we provided additional information today about the site of my birth. Now, this issue has been going on for two, two and a half years now. I think it started during the campaign. And I have to say that over the last two and a half years I have watched with bemusement, I've been puzzled at the degree to which this thing just kept on going. We've had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this, confirm that, yes, in fact, I was born in Hawaii, August 4, 1961, in Kapiolani Hospital. 正如你们许多人已经知道的，我们今天提供了关于我出生地点的额外信息。这个问题已经持续了两年，两年半了。我想这是从竞选期间开始的。我不得不说，在过去两年半的时间里，我一直带着困惑观察这件事，我对这件事情为何会持续这么久感到不解。夏威夷的每一位官员，无论是民主党还是共和党，每一个调查过此事的新闻机构，都确认了，是的，事实上，我于1961年8月4日出生在夏威夷的卡皮奥拉尼医院。
We've posted the certification that is given by the state of Hawaii on the Internet for everybody to see. 我们已经把夏威夷州提供的出生证明认证发布在互联网上，供所有人查看。
People have provided affidavits that they, in fact, have seen this birth certificate. And yet this thing just keeps on going. 人们已经提供了宣誓书，证明他们确实见过这份出生证明。然而这件事情就是一直纠缠不休。
Now, normally I would not comment on something like this, because obviously there's a lot of stuff swirling in the press on at any given day and I've got other things to do. 通常情况下，我不会对这种事情发表评论，因为显然在任何一天都有很多事情在媒体上炒作，而我还有其他事情要做。
But two weeks ago, when the Republican House had put forward a budget that will have huge consequences potentially to the country, and when I gave a speech about my budget and how I felt that we needed to invest in education and infrastructure and making sure that we had a strong safety net for our seniors even as we were closing the deficit, during that entire week the dominant news story wasn't about these huge, monumental choices that we're going to have to make as a nation. It was about my birth certificate. 但两周前，当共和党众议院提出了一份可能对国家产生巨大影响的预算案时，当我发表演讲阐述我的预算案，以及我认为我们需要如何投资教育和基础设施，确保我们在削减赤字的同时为老年人提供强有力的安全网时，在那一整个星期里，主导性的新闻报道不是关于我们作为一个国家将要做出的这些巨大、重大的选择。而是关于我的出生证明。
And that was true on most of the news outlets that were represented here. 在今天在座的大多数媒体机构中，情况都是如此。
And so I just want to make a larger point here. We've got some enormous challenges out there. There are a lot of folks out there who are still looking for work. Everybody is still suffering under high gas prices. We're going to have to make a series of very difficult decisions about how we invest in our future but also get a hold of our deficit and our debt -- how do we do that in a balanced way. 所以我想在这里提出一个更大的观点。我们面临着一些巨大的挑战。有很多人仍在寻找工作。每个人仍在承受高油价的痛苦。我们将不得不做出一系列非常艰难的决定——如何在投资未来的同时控制我们的赤字和债务——如何以平衡的方式做到这一点。
And this is going to generate huge and serious debates, important debates. And there are going to be some fierce disagreements -- and that's good. That's how democracy is supposed to work. And I am confident that the American people and America's political leaders can come together in a bipartisan way and solve these problems. We always have. 这将引发巨大而严肃的辩论，重要的辩论。将会有一些激烈的分歧——这是好事。这就是民主应有的运作方式。我相信美国人民和美国的政治领导人能够以两党合作的方式走到一起，解决这些问题。我们一直都是这样做的。
But we're not going to be able to do it if we are distracted. We're not going to be able to do it if we spend time vilifying each other. We're not going to be able to do it if we just make stuff up and pretend that facts are not facts. We're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers. 但如果我们在分心的情况下，就无法做到这一点。如果我们把时间花在相互诋毁上，就无法做到这一点。如果我们编造事实，假装事实不是事实，就无法做到这一点。如果我们被马戏团表演和小丑分散注意力，就无法解决我们的问题。
We live in a serious time right now and we have the potential to deal with the issues that we confront in a way that will make our kids and our grandkids and our great grandkids proud. And I have every confidence that America in the 21st century is going to be able to come out on top just like we always have. But we're going to have to get serious to do it. 我们现在生活在一个严肃的时代，我们有能力以让我们子孙后代和曾孙后代感到自豪的方式处理我们面临的问题。我完全有信心，21世纪的美国能够像以往一样站到顶端。但我们必须认真对待才能做到这一点。
I know that there's going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. But I'm speaking to the vast majority of the American people, as well as to the press. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We've got better stuff to do. I've got better stuff to do. We've got big problems to solve. And I'm confident we can solve them, but we're going to have to focus on them -- not on this. 我知道，无论我们公布什么，总会有一部分人对这个问题不会罢休。但我现在是在对绝大多数美国人民以及媒体说话。我们没有时间处理这种无聊的事情。我们有更好的事情要做。我有更好的事情要做。我们有大问题要解决。我相信我们能够解决它们，但我们必须专注于这些问题——而不是这个。
Thanks very much, everybody. 非常感谢大家。