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Barack Obama: I have no regrets about saying people have the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero.

On the recordAugust 17, 2010
I have no regrets about saying people have the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama expresses his stance on the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero.

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