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On the recordMarch 14, 2012
Today I reaffirm that the United States stands with them and that together we will realize the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation and our country's ideal of freedom.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on a Meeting of the Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

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