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Barack Obama: “We want to make sure that you're getting a job after you graduate.”

On the recordMay 3, 2012
We want to make sure that you're getting a job after you graduate.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington

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