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Barack Obama: We have a profound responsibility to protect our children and our children's children from the damaging impacts of…

On the recordJune 17, 2015
We have a profound responsibility to protect our children and our children's children from the damaging impacts of climate change.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on Pope Francis's Encyclical on Climate Change

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