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Barack Obama: “The most important thing we can do to put this era of irresponsibility in the past is to take responsibility now.”

On the recordJune 19, 2009
The most important thing we can do to put this era of irresponsibility in the past is to take responsibility now.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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