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Barack Obama: I'm asking you to help us recognize ourselves in one another.

On the recordMay 11, 2011
I'm asking you to help us recognize ourselves in one another.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast

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