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Barack Obama: If America stands for anything, it stands for the idea of opportunity for everybody.

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
If America stands for anything, it stands for the idea of opportunity for everybody.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the 'My Brother's Keeper' Initiative

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