Barack Obama: “Our job is simply to harness the potential that exists all across this…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2011

Our job is simply to harness the potential that exists all across this country.

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Message to Congress Transmitting the Economic Report of the President

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Barack Obama: “Our job is simply to harness the potential that exists all across this country.”