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Barack Obama: I'm confident that if we are focused on it and are willing to talk about these honestly, ten years from now things will…

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
I'm confident that if we are focused on it and are willing to talk about these honestly, ten years from now things will be better.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Jorge Ramos of Fusion and Univision News in Nashville

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