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Barack Obama: “No American should have their potential limited, have their life cut short, or be deprived of their fullest measure of…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
No American should have their potential limited, have their life cut short, or be deprived of their fullest measure of happiness because they do not have the mental health support they need.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9317—World Suicide Prevention Day

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