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Barack Obama: “That truth became painfully clear when, less than a week after I had appeared before the CHC, some of the biggest Wall…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2010
That truth became painfully clear when, less than a week after I had appeared before the CHC, some of the biggest Wall Street firms collapsed and the bottom fell out of our economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Annual Awards Gala

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