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Barack Obama: “Until this progress is felt not just on Wall Street, but on Main Street, we can't be satisfied.”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
Until this progress is felt not just on Wall Street, but on Main Street, we can't be satisfied.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City

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