Barack Obama actually said...

It is a great privilege to be here today as we confer the Congressional Gold Medal on a man who's spent his life breaking barriers and bridging divides across this country: Senator Edward Brooke.

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Remarks on Presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to Former Senator Edward W. Brooke

10/27/2009

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