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Barack Obama: The uprising that we have seen occur, the peaceful demonstrations for greater political freedoms and democracy and…

On the recordMay 12, 2011
The uprising that we have seen occur, the peaceful demonstrations for greater political freedoms and democracy and prosperity in the region, I think are in many ways a repudiation of the ideology of al Qaeda
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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