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Barack Obama: “If we can reconceive of our government so that the interactions and the interplay between private sector, nonprofits…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2016
If we can reconceive of our government so that the interactions and the interplay between private sector, nonprofits, and government are opened up, and we use technology, data, social media in order to join forces around problems, then there's no problem that we face in this country that is not soluble.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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