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Barack Obama: from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories…

On the recordNovember 4, 2008
from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama speaks about shared destiny and a new era of American leadership.

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