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Barack Obama: It says something about us that every year, in times of triumph and in tragedy, in calm and in crisis, we come together…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
It says something about us that every year, in times of triumph and in tragedy, in calm and in crisis, we come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as brothers and sisters and as children of God.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

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