Gordon Brown Urges US Congress to Help Him Save the World

"I come now to talk of new and different battles we must fight together, to speak of a global economy in crisis and a planet imperilled," he said.

Mr Brown, who did not make his usual claim that the economic crisis began in the US, hailed American innovation as he appealed for it to lead the world out of the economic "hurricane" and protect the planet from climate change.

"I say we should seize the moment, because never before have I seen a world so willing to come together," he said. "Never before has that been more needed, and never before have the benefits of co-operation been so far reaching."

He added: "I believe that you, the nation that had the vision to put a man on the Moon, are also the nation with the vision to protect and preserve our planet Earth."

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