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Barack Obama: I'm fighting for the middle class, making sure people have a voice.

On the recordNovember 3, 2012
I'm fighting for the middle class, making sure people have a voice.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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