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Barack Obama: Each year, about one in four teens report being the victim of verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual violence.

On the recordJanuary 30, 2011
Each year, about one in four teens report being the victim of verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual violence.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8626—National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

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