On the recordDecember 6, 2021
I volunteered for a little more than a year. And it, to me, is kind of the epitome of the American dream.
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msnbc.comBarack Obama: “I volunteered for a little more than a year. And it, to me, is kind of the epitome of the American dream.”
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Kal Penn shares his experience of volunteering and working in the Obama White House as part of his American dream.
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