President Obama's Copenhagen speech - in full

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US President Barack Obama this morning addressed the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen - here is his speech in full

Good morning. It's an honor to for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come together here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger...

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