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Barack Obama: Preventing genocide must be a national priority.

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
Preventing genocide must be a national priority.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama stresses the importance of prioritizing genocide prevention in U.S. foreign policy.

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