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Barack Obama: “In so many ways, the Irish and their descendants have set an example for us as a people.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
In so many ways, the Irish and their descendants have set an example for us as a people.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Saint Patrick's Day Reception

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