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On the recordMarch 13, 2011
Denmark is not a large country, but proportional to its population, it's made as significant an effort and made as many sacrifices as anybody in helping to stabilize Afghanistan.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark

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