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Barack Obama: “If what somebody says contradicts what you believe so fundamentally, and then he questions whether or not you believe it…”

On the recordApril 28, 2008
If what somebody says contradicts what you believe so fundamentally, and then he questions whether or not you believe it in front of the National Press Club, then that's enough.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama explains the significance of Wright's comments in relation to his beliefs.

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