On the recordJuly 6, 2016
It's incumbent on all of us to say we can do better than this. We are better than this.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “It's incumbent on all of us to say we can do better than this. We are better than this.”
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Obama calls for collective action to improve the treatment of minorities in the justice system.
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