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Barack Obama: I think that over the last several years the relationship between our two countries has been allowed to drift.

On the recordMarch 31, 2009
I think that over the last several years the relationship between our two countries has been allowed to drift.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With President Dmitry A. Medvedev of Russia in London

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