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Barack Obama: On Mother's Day, we celebrate the extraordinary importance of mothers in our lives.

On the recordMay 5, 2011
On Mother's Day, we celebrate the extraordinary importance of mothers in our lives.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8671—Mother's Day

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