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Barack Obama: “No disrespect to Vince Lombardi or Lord Stanley, but this trophy means a little more to me personally.”

On the recordApril 26, 2016
No disrespect to Vince Lombardi or Lord Stanley, but this trophy means a little more to me personally.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Presenting the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen

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