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On the recordNovember 19, 2013
We are extraordinarily blessed to be Americans because we have the opportunity to serve in ways that so many of you have served.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Dinner in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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