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Barack Obama: “We've got a lot more work to do and it's going to be absolutely critical that everybody here feels the same urgency and…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
We've got a lot more work to do and it's going to be absolutely critical that everybody here feels the same urgency and intensity over the next year and a half leading up to the midterm elections as you did in 2008 and 2012.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in Miami

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