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Barack Obama: I urge law enforcement to show restraint, to help create a community of calm.

On the recordNovember 24, 2014
I urge law enforcement to show restraint, to help create a community of calm.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman

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