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Barack Obama: Part of what we want to affirm to the world is that these are values that are important even when it's hard.

On the recordMay 31, 2009
Part of what we want to affirm to the world is that these are values that are important even when it's hard.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Justin Webb of BBC World News

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