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  • Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great moment for America,

  • and for one very special lady - Whistler's Mother.

  • She's here today

  • thanks to our great benefactor.

  • Will you join me in saluting a soldier,

  • philanthropist, loving father...

  • Hear, hear! >

  • .. and extremely generous patron of the arts, General Newton.

  • Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

  • I am not a traditional art lover.

  • I can't distinguish between a Picasso and a car crash.

  • But I can't stand the idea

  • of Frenchies owning America's greatest painting.

  • Let's get on with it.

  • Welcome home, Ma.

  • Whatever you did, you're a genius, and I love you.

  • - It's a poster. - It's a what?

  • - David, it's time. - Time for what?

  • - The speech. - What speech?

  • Dr Bean's speech.

  • Of course, the speech.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great moment for America,

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