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Barack Obama: Isn't that finally the measure of a man, the way he lives, how he treats others, no matter what life may throw at him?

On the recordJune 5, 2015
Isn't that finally the measure of a man, the way he lives, how he treats others, no matter what life may throw at him?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Eulogy at the Funeral Service for Joseph R. 'Beau' Biden III in Wilmington

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