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Barack Obama: If a sequester takes effect, up to 373,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2013
If a sequester takes effect, up to 373,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children could go untreated.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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