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Barack Obama: Making something of ourselves, that's what we do in this country.

On the recordOctober 24, 2013
Making something of ourselves, that's what we do in this country.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Pathways in Technology Early College High School in New York City

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