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Barack Obama: “And when you were told, 'No, don't try, you can't,' you responded with that age-old American creed: 'Yes, we can.'”

On the recordJuly 25, 2010
And when you were told, 'No, don't try, you can't,' you responded with that age-old American creed: 'Yes, we can.'
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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