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Barack Obama: The only way to achieve real and lasting security is to resolve your differences through negotiation.

On the recordApril 23, 2012
The only way to achieve real and lasting security is to resolve your differences through negotiation.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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