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Barack Obama: We need committed, compassionate men to serve as mentors and tutors and big brothers and foster parents.

On the recordJune 18, 2009
We need committed, compassionate men to serve as mentors and tutors and big brothers and foster parents.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and a Question-and-Answer Session

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