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Barack Obama: Equal pay for equal work, because I want my daughters to have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have.

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
Equal pay for equal work, because I want my daughters to have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in San Francisco

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