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Barack Obama: Improved relations with China will require candor and open discussion about those issues where we don't always agree.

On the recordMay 15, 2009
Improved relations with China will require candor and open discussion about those issues where we don't always agree.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Governor Jon M. Huntsman

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