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Barack Obama: I want to express our deepest condolences to all the families who lost loved ones on the ferry Sewol.

On the recordApril 24, 2014
I want to express our deepest condolences to all the families who lost loved ones on the ferry Sewol.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

The President's News Conference With President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in Seoul

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