Barack Obama: “If we're shortchanging our commitment to education, our commitment to…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2011

If we're shortchanging our commitment to education, our commitment to those kids that I met at Miami Central, then we're mortgaging our future.

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Remarks at a Reception for Senator C. William Nelson and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Miami

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