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Barack Obama: That’s the idea. That’s what makes me a proud American and a proud Democrat.

On the recordMarch 4, 2014
That’s the idea. That’s what makes me a proud American and a proud Democrat.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Dinner in Boston

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