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Barack Obama: This has been as tough a year and a half as any year and a half in our history since the 1930s

On the recordMay 24, 2010
This has been as tough a year and a half as any year and a half in our history since the 1930s
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer in San Francisco

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