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On the recordApril 28, 2008
I want to make absolutely clear that I do not subscribe to the views that he expressed. I believe they are wrong. I think they are destructive. And to the extent that he continues to speak out, I do not expect those views to be attributed to me.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama clarifies his stance on Reverend Wright's comments and distances himself from those views.

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