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Barack Obama: “We are also investing in the health and well-being of our young people in foster care.”

On the recordApril 28, 2011
We are also investing in the health and well-being of our young people in foster care.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8661—National Foster Care Month

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