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On the recordJanuary 11, 2017
To know Joe Biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Vice President Joe Biden

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