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Barack Obama: “And what makes all of this so heartbreaking is that it was - in each and every case - entirely preventable.”

On the recordNovember 29, 2007
And what makes all of this so heartbreaking is that it was - in each and every case - entirely preventable.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement by Senator Obama on World AIDS Day

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