Barack Obama actually said...

One of the great joys of being President is getting a chance to pay tribute to the artists and authors, the poets and performers, who have touched our hearts and opened our minds.

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Remarks on Presenting the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal

03/01/2011

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