Barack Obama: “He's earned the opportunity to make these decisions based on his own…”

On the recordJune 7, 2016

He's earned the opportunity to make these decisions based on his own thinking and based on his own schedule.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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Barack Obama: “He's earned the opportunity to make these decisions based on his own thinking and based on his own schedule.”