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Barack Obama: “Our Nation was founded on the fundamental ideal that we all do better when we look out for one another.”

On the recordOctober 30, 2016
Our Nation was founded on the fundamental ideal that we all do better when we look out for one another.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9536—National Family Caregivers Month

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