Barack Obama: “You cannot have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition…”

On the recordApril 30, 2011

You cannot have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition are in jail.

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Barack Obama: “You cannot have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition are in jail.”