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Barack Obama: I think a lot of commentators have said that I spent most of my first three years not doing a lot of politics.

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
I think a lot of commentators have said that I spent most of my first three years not doing a lot of politics.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Maria Elena Salinas of Univision

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