Barack Obama: “The leaders in Washington have forgotten President Kennedy's call to…”

On the recordJune 4, 2007

The leaders in Washington have forgotten President Kennedy's call to remember that 'here on Earth God's work must truly be our own.'

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Obama invoking President Kennedy's words to emphasize the moral responsibility of leadership.

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