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Barack Obama: “As long as I'm President, we're going to keep moving this country forward so that everyone can have confidence that if…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2012
As long as I'm President, we're going to keep moving this country forward so that everyone can have confidence that if you work hard, you can get ahead.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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