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Barack Obama: What you want to see in your kids, even if they're not going to be professionals, is just taking something seriously.

On the recordJuly 15, 2012
What you want to see in your kids, even if they're not going to be professionals, is just taking something seriously.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Mark Jones of ESPN2 During a United States-Brazil Men's Basketball Game

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