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Barack Obama: It took a life-changing event to get me to truly appreciate the precious and amazing life I have been blessed with.

On the recordJune 18, 2014
It took a life-changing event to get me to truly appreciate the precious and amazing life I have been blessed with.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal William Kyle Carpenter

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