Barack Obama: “Nobody in a 21st-century economy is going to be able to do what they…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2015

Nobody in a 21st-century economy is going to be able to do what they want to do with their lives unless they've got a great education.

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Town Hall Meeting at North High School in Des Moines

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