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Barack Obama: “I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.”

On the recordNovember 22, 2013
I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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