Barack Obama said "I volunteered for a little more than a year. And it, to me, is kind of the epitome of the American dream." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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Kal Penn shares his experience of volunteering and working in the Obama White House as part of his American dream.

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