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Barack Obama: the prevalence of sexual assault remains an affront to our national conscience that we cannot ignore.

On the recordApril 1, 2012
the prevalence of sexual assault remains an affront to our national conscience that we cannot ignore.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8794—National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

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