Barack Obama: “I'm going to make sure that I can do everything I can to move this in…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2016

I'm going to make sure that I can do everything I can to move this in a positive direction.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Briefing on Implementation of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st-Century Policing

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