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On the recordJanuary 13, 2008
For them, somehow to suggest that we are interjecting race as a consequence of a statement she made that we haven't commented on is pretty hard to figure out.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama responds to Clinton's accusation regarding race being injected into the campaign.

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