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Barack Obama: If I were the owner of the team and I knew that there was a name of my team—that was offending a sizable group of…

On the recordOctober 4, 2013
If I were the owner of the team and I knew that there was a name of my team—that was offending a sizable group of people, I'd think about changing it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Julie Pace of The Associated Press

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