Barack Obama: “We are blessed to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous era…”

On the recordJune 1, 2016

We are blessed to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous era in human history.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs

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