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Barack Obama: The promise that our parents and our grandparents made to us... that's what we now have to pass on to our kids and…

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
The promise that our parents and our grandparents made to us... that's what we now have to pass on to our kids and grandkids.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in West Palm Beach

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