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Barack Obama: What binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2013
What binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Second Inaugural Address, discussing national unity

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