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Barack Obama: “That could create a dynamic, frankly, that is very dangerous -- where other countries say, okay, none of us are going to…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2015
That could create a dynamic, frankly, that is very dangerous -- where other countries say, okay, none of us are going to take in refugees, the United States is not doing it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes

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