On the recordJuly 12, 2009
Those are all things that I've seen and witnessed and those are stories that I've heard directly from people who I know.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “Those are all things that I've seen and witnessed and those are stories that I've heard directly from people who I know.”
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Obama shares his personal connection to the issues faced by people in Africa.
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