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Barack Obama: The development of our relationship over the course of the next few decades will determine in substantial ways the…

On the recordAugust 17, 2011
The development of our relationship over the course of the next few decades will determine in substantial ways the course of progress in the 21st century.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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