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Barack Obama: It's propelled not by politics, but by love and friendship and a sense of mutual regard and mutual respect.

On the recordJune 28, 2011
It's propelled not by politics, but by love and friendship and a sense of mutual regard and mutual respect.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Reception Honoring Lesbian

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