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Barack Obama: We've got to leave something behind for the next generation so they can do even better.

On the recordAugust 7, 2012
We've got to leave something behind for the next generation so they can do even better.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Grand Junction

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