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Barack Obama: “We can't afford to talk past one another, to focus only on our differences, or to let the walls of mistrust go up around…”

On the recordApril 6, 2009
We can't afford to talk past one another, to focus only on our differences, or to let the walls of mistrust go up around us.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in a Discussion With Students in Istanbul

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