Barack Obama: “Just because your own father wasn't there for you, that's not an…”

On the recordJune 18, 2009

Just because your own father wasn't there for you, that's not an excuse for you to be absent also.

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and a Question-and-Answer Session

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Barack Obama: “Just because your own father wasn't there for you, that's not an excuse for you to be absent also.”