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Barack Obama: “The United States is better-positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2014
The United States is better-positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Message to Congress Transmitting the Economic Report of the President

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