Barack Obama: “We cannot be afraid of the future, and we can't be prisoners of the…”

On the recordJune 24, 2009

We cannot be afraid of the future, and we can't be prisoners of the past.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Energy Legislation

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