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Barack Obama: “His concern is that we, as a people, and that the government specifically, take every action it can to help those who…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2012
His concern is that we, as a people, and that the government specifically, take every action it can to help those who are affected by these kinds of events.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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