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Barack Obama: “If we're going to win the future, we've got to cut out the things we don't need, but still make investments in the…”

On the recordMay 5, 2011
If we're going to win the future, we've got to cut out the things we don't need, but still make investments in the things that we do.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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