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Barack Obama: “When a country like Chile puts its mind to it, there's nothing you can't do.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2011
When a country like Chile puts its mind to it, there's nothing you can't do.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Santiago

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