Barack Obama: “Arne has done more to bring our educational system… into the 21st…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2015

Arne has done more to bring our educational system… into the 21st century than anybody else.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the Resignation of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education and the Appointment of John B. King

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