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On the recordMay 25, 2015
I assured Governor Abbott that he could count on the help of the Federal Government.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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