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Of Course, I Am The First Democratically Elected Woman President In Africa, And That Raises A Lot Of Expectations. Because I Represent The Aspirations Of Women All Over Africa, I Must Succeed For Them. I Must Keep The Door Open For Women's Participation In Politics At The Highest Level. That Is Both Humbling And Exciting.

Liberia Has To Take Primary Responsibility For Its Own Reform Agenda. But Our Resources Are Limited. We Have To Attract The Private Sector To Get Jobs To Our People That Will Enable Us To Raise The Government Revenue, But To Do That We Have To Build Infrastructure. It's A Very Complex Problem Of Development We Are Facing Here.

In Liberia, Our Main Obstacle Is Infrastructure: The Lights, The Water, The Roads. Companies Can't Operate Without Those Things. And Even Though We Have Commitments From Our Partners, It Takes Time To Turn Commitments Into Cash.

Ebola Is Not Just A Health Crisis. Across West Africa, A Generation Of Young People Risks Being Lost To An Economic Catastrophe.

Future Generations Will Judge Us Not By What We Say, But What We Do.