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Barack Obama: And nothing is more sobering as a leader than signing a letter of condolence to a family of somebody who has died in…

On the recordApril 2, 2009
And nothing is more sobering as a leader than signing a letter of condolence to a family of somebody who has died in war.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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

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