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Barack Obama: In the United States of America, we should never accept anything less than the best that our children have to offer.

On the recordMay 15, 2011
In the United States of America, we should never accept anything less than the best that our children have to offer.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis

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