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Barack Obama: “If they sought to intimidate us, to terrorize us, well, it should be pretty clear by now that they picked the wrong city…”

On the recordApril 17, 2013
If they sought to intimidate us, to terrorize us, well, it should be pretty clear by now that they picked the wrong city to do it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama addresses the resilience of Boston in the face of the bombings.

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