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Barack Obama: “I think that what the American people are going to be interested in is not these kinds of rhetorical flourishes.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
I think that what the American people are going to be interested in is not these kinds of rhetorical flourishes.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Diane Sawyer of ABC's 'World News'

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