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Barack Obama: “We all go forward, with a presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.”

On the recordNovember 8, 2016
We all go forward, with a presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the 2016 Presidential Election

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