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Barack Obama: We agreed that we need to build on these successes, even as we recognize that there are going to be areas of…

On the recordJune 17, 2012
We agreed that we need to build on these successes, even as we recognize that there are going to be areas of disagreement.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia in Los Cabos

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