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Barack Obama: “We are going to be the America that has made us that bright and shining light all around the world.”

On the recordOctober 21, 2007
We are going to be the America that has made us that bright and shining light all around the world.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Files to Appear on New Hampshire Ballot

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