Political Quotes

On the recordJune 14, 2007
Over the last few decades, fundamental changes in the way we work and live have trapped too many American families between an economy that's gone global and a government that's gone AWOL.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama criticizing the government's lack of support for families in the face of globalization.

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