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Barack Obama: These historic, bipartisan civil rights laws were clarion calls for equal access for and an end to discrimination…

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
These historic, bipartisan civil rights laws were clarion calls for equal access for and an end to discrimination against persons with disabilities.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8612—International Day of Persons With Disabilities

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