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Barack Obama: What makes freedom possible, are the law enforcement officers that we honor today.

On the recordMay 14, 2010
What makes freedom possible, are the law enforcement officers that we honor today.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service

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