Barack Obama: “I am strongly committed to creating the best possible relationship…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2009

I am strongly committed to creating the best possible relationship between Turkey and the United States.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters

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