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Barack Obama: Americans making a downpayment on their dreams shouldn't be terrified by pages and pages of fine print.

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
Americans making a downpayment on their dreams shouldn't be terrified by pages and pages of fine print.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church

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