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Barack Obama: It's going to take a few more years to meet all the challenges that were decades in the making.

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
It's going to take a few more years to meet all the challenges that were decades in the making.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at Scranton High School in Scranton

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