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On the recordFebruary 10, 2007
I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America. And if you will join with me in this improbable quest, if you feel Destiny calling and see as I see the future of endless possibilities stretching out before us, if you sense as I sense that the time is now to shake off our slumber and slough off our fears and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations than I am ready to take up the cause and march with you and work with you today. Together, we can finish the work that needs to be done and usher in a new birth of freedom on this earth. Thank you very much, everybody. Let`s get to work. I love you. Thank you.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

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Obama announces his candidacy for President and calls for unity and action to address the nation's challenges.

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