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Barack Obama: I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Statement on a Discussion With Professor Henry Louis Gates

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