Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 10, 2016
We remember, and we will never forget, the nearly 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us so cruelly.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Wreath-Laying Ceremony Commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks at the Pentagon...

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