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Barack Obama: This community has actually used the crisis as an opportunity to start rebuilding and try and experiment with new ways…

On the recordOctober 14, 2009
This community has actually used the crisis as an opportunity to start rebuilding and try and experiment with new ways of learning.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in New Orleans

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