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Barack Obama: “The rugged individualism that defines America has always been bound by a set of shared values; an enduring sense that we…”

On the recordJune 8, 2015
The rugged individualism that defines America has always been bound by a set of shared values; an enduring sense that we are in this together.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - The President's Speech to the Catholic Health Association on Health Care in America

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