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Barack Obama: If we're going to be the country we know we can be, we've got to keep doing the hard work of building the future of this…

On the recordJuly 4, 2012
If we're going to be the country we know we can be, we've got to keep doing the hard work of building the future of this country for our kids.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Maumee

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