Barack Obama: “So we have to do better, and we will do better, and we have to do it…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2010

So we have to do better, and we will do better, and we have to do it quickly. American lives are on the line.

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Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama stresses the urgency of improving intelligence operations to protect American lives.

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Barack Obama: “So we have to do better, and we will do better, and we have to do it quickly. American lives are on the line.”