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Barack Obama: “We have made important strides in combating this disease, and we have reason to hope this progress will continue.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2016
We have made important strides in combating this disease, and we have reason to hope this progress will continue.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9532—National Diabetes Month

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