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Barack Obama: What I can say is that this country is at its best when everybody is being treated fairly.

On the recordDecember 11, 2014
What I can say is that this country is at its best when everybody is being treated fairly.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Jeff Johnson of Black Entertainment Television

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