On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
If the parents or the school districts don't want it in that school, we're still going to override it and put them there anyway? That is a massive expansion of government.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “If the parents or the school districts don't want it in that school, we're still going to override it and put them there…”
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Blow critiques the proposal to place armed guards in schools, framing it as government overreach.
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