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Barack Obama: We must do more to raise awareness about the realities of sexual assault; confront and change insensitive attitudes…

On the recordApril 1, 2012
We must do more to raise awareness about the realities of sexual assault; confront and change insensitive attitudes wherever they persist.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8794—National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

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