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Barack Obama: I've said that women will shape the destiny of this country, and I mean it.

On the recordJune 22, 2012
I've said that women will shape the destiny of this country, and I mean it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Op-ed by President Obama: President Obama Reflects on the Impact of Title IX

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