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Barack Obama: “Starting in July 2011, we will begin that transition, that transfer of responsibility.”

On the recordDecember 9, 2009
Starting in July 2011, we will begin that transition, that transfer of responsibility.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters in Oslo

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