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Barack Obama: “Our strength as a Nation has always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in each other.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2010
Our strength as a Nation has always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in each other.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8571—National Arts and Humanities Month

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