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Barack Obama: These are the gifts they have given us, and this is why we owe them a profound debt of gratitude.

On the recordMay 15, 2014
These are the gifts they have given us, and this is why we owe them a profound debt of gratitude.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 9129—Armed Forces Day

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