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Barack Obama: We have been given the opportunity to change our country for the better.

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
We have been given the opportunity to change our country for the better.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser and a Question-and-Answer Session

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