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The president is, in fact, the most powerful man in the world, is the leader of the leading nation, and therefore, must always be professional. Everything he says is going to be heard and quoted by billions. Because his audience is such a wide variety of people, it is important for him to say what needs to be said and at the same time keep his words personable. That is why I think he made all of those changes. There are many different ways that he could have said the points that he made throughout the speech, however, the wording and phrasing was changed so that it could be more relatable to an array of individuals. For example, the fact that Obama even brought up Ted Kennedy's children that had suffered from cancer makes everyone immediately get emotional. Most people know someone that has suffered from cancer, and when the words come up, we think of that person or people. After he says that Teddy "never forgot the sheer terror and helplessness that any parent feels." By simply adding "he never forgot," parents now relate to the example as well as Ted Kennedy which puts them at a higher scale of interest because they felt the same emotions that he felt. There are many other effective changes that Obama made that changes the mood of the entire speech. He added small phrases throughout the entire page that changed it to be more effective than it originally was.