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Barack Obama: If we as a society don't do more to expand opportunity to everybody who's willing to work for it, then we'll end up…

On the recordMay 17, 2015
If we as a society don't do more to expand opportunity to everybody who's willing to work for it, then we'll end up seeing conflicts between law enforcement and residents.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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