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Barack Obama: I was not sent to Washington just to do what was popular; I was sent to do what was right.

On the recordAugust 16, 2010
I was not sent to Washington just to do what was popular; I was sent to do what was right.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Fundraiser for Senator Patricia L. Murray in Seattle

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