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Barack Obama: The cruelty he'd endured in his life didn't make him hard, it made him compassionate, empathetic.

On the recordJune 5, 2015
The cruelty he'd endured in his life didn't make him hard, it made him compassionate, empathetic.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Eulogy at the Funeral Service for Joseph R. 'Beau' Biden III in Wilmington

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