Barack Obama said "The United States has not come here to claim resources or to claim territory." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 1, 2012

The United States has not come here to claim resources or to claim territory.

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Remarks With President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Signing the Strategic Partnership Agreement in Kabul

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