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Barack Obama: Sometimes, when I listen to the political debates, it seems as if people have forgotten American progress has always…

On the recordApril 29, 2012
Sometimes, when I listen to the political debates, it seems as if people have forgotten American progress has always been driven by American workers.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Legislative Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO

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