Barack Obama: “African countries are in the lead—identifying their priorities…”

On the recordJune 27, 2013

African countries are in the lead—identifying their priorities, devising their own plans—because they know their countries best.

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Remarks Following a Tour of the Food Security Expo in Dakar

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