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Barack Obama: I fully understand that even when every person charged with ensuring our security does what they are trained to do…

On the recordDecember 28, 2009
I fully understand that even when every person charged with ensuring our security does what they are trained to do, there is still no 100 percent guarantee of success.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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