Political Quotes

On the recordMay 22, 2012
You are the first class in 9 years that will graduate into a world where there are no Americans fighting in Iraq.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs

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