Barack Obama: “America is in decline, you tell them this: Just like the 20th century…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2012

America is in decline, you tell them this: Just like the 20th century, the 21st century is going to be another great American century.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno

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