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Barack Obama: The United States and the Netherlands have maintained an extraordinarily close friendship for many years now.

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
The United States and the Netherlands have maintained an extraordinarily close friendship for many years now.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands and an Exchange With Reporters

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