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Barack Obama: “It has taken us more than I think 10 years to finish up some of the recovery.”

On the recordAugust 26, 2015
It has taken us more than I think 10 years to finish up some of the recovery.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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