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Barack Obama: If we band together, if we put our party's interests -- or put our country's interests ahead of partisan interests, that…

On the recordSeptember 4, 2011
If we band together, if we put our party's interests -- or put our country's interests ahead of partisan interests, that this is a challenge that we can face.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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