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Barack Obama: “One of the best measures of a nation's success is how it treats its women.”

On the recordJuly 19, 2016
One of the best measures of a nation's success is how it treats its women.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the White House Summit on Global Development

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