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Barack Obama: We should approach abuse as an opportunity to intervene, not incarcerate.

On the recordSeptember 25, 2015
We should approach abuse as an opportunity to intervene, not incarcerate.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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