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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millercenter.org“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.”
Remarks honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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