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Barack Obama: Our patriotism is not rooted in ethnicity, but in a shared belief of the enduring and permanent promise of this country.

On the recordApril 28, 2011
Our patriotism is not rooted in ethnicity, but in a shared belief of the enduring and permanent promise of this country.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at Miami Dade College in Miami

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