“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”

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On the recordDecember 9, 2007
The post-Kyoto climate negotiations that have kicked off in Bali offer an important opportunity for America to re-engage with the rest of the world in taking on one of the greatest challenges of this generation.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Obama Statement on Climate Change Negotiations in Bali

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