On the recordMay 12, 2009
We need young people like you to step up. We need your daring, we need your enthusiasm, we need your energy, we need your imagination.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “We need young people like you to step up. We need your daring, we need your enthusiasm, we need your energy, we need…”
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Obama calls on the younger generation to take initiative and contribute to societal change.
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