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Barack Obama: “It wasn't enough for her just to break barriers in her own life.”

On the recordAugust 19, 2008
It wasn't enough for her just to break barriers in her own life.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement by Senator Obama on the Passing of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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