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Barack Obama: This is our first task -- caring for our children. It’s our first job. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything…

On the recordDecember 16, 2012
This is our first task -- caring for our children. It’s our first job. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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