Too many fathers are MIA, too many fathers are AWOL.
Barack Obama: “Too many fathers are MIA, too many fathers are AWOL.”
On the recordJuly 8, 2008
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Obama addressed the issue of fatherlessness in the African-American community during a speech.
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