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Barack Obama: “That there was a diminishing return at a certain point and it kind of flattened out.”

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
That there was a diminishing return at a certain point and it kind of flattened out.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks During a Panel Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform

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