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Barack Obama: My attitude is, when other countries don't play by the rules, we're going to stand up to them.

On the recordSeptember 16, 2012
My attitude is, when other countries don't play by the rules, we're going to stand up to them.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Ohio AFL-CIO Convention in Columbus

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