Barack Obama actually said...

I think it's going to be important, I think, for the country as a whole, as well as the people of Arizona, to feel as if we are speaking directly to our sense of loss.

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Remarks Following a Meeting With President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and an Exchange With Reporters

01/09/2011

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