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Barack Obama: Empowering women isn't just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.

On the recordMarch 7, 2013
Empowering women isn't just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on International Women's Day

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