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Barack Obama: “If you can't bring people together across the old fault lines, you simply aren't going to be able to make progress on…”

On the recordNovember 4, 2007
If you can't bring people together across the old fault lines, you simply aren't going to be able to make progress on the challenges we face.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - 268 Iowa Republicans Announce Their Support for Senator Barack Obama

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