Barack Obama: “It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013

It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union

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Barack Obama: “It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country.”