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Barack Obama: In the end, it's the willingness to put others above yourselves that sets this team and all the service academies apart.

On the recordMay 2, 2010
In the end, it's the willingness to put others above yourselves that sets this team and all the service academies apart.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Presenting the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen

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