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Barack Obama: “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that...might take action that threatens to impair the national…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2016
There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that...might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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