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The dinner meeting was opened to questions and both Director Tenet and Ambassador Negroponte stressed the importance of public service as integral to the Hellenic tradition and values and the importance of allowing young Greek Americans to aspire to serving their country . Let me start with a concept I call the `` lifetime education and training account , '' a package of grants and a line of credit worth ,000 to every eligible American to use to further their education or acquire new job skills to make the most of their abilities . '' Nowhere has that fact been better demonstrated than in our national quest for excellence , which has spurred Americans to strive to live up to the highest ideals of our nature and our heritage . Mr Blair was saying that he wants to use the alliance to influence the Americans to continue to " broaden their agenda " . The new make-up of the House of Representatives and Senate offers an opportunity to change U.S. policy toward Cuba , and to restore the right of all Americans to travel to Cuba , without the risk of closed-door maneuvers in conference that frustrate the will of the majority .