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Barack Obama: If you refuse to settle for a politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems, if you believe it's…

On the recordAugust 12, 2011
If you refuse to settle for a politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems, if you believe it's time to put country before party and the interests of our children before our own, then let them know.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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