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Barack Obama: “The only way that you can be successful is by listening and reaching out and working with a wide variety of people.”

On the recordNovember 16, 2016
The only way that you can be successful is by listening and reaching out and working with a wide variety of people.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's News Conference With Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in Berlin

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