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Barack Obama: Surely we can agree to find common ground when possible, parting ways when necessary.

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
Surely we can agree to find common ground when possible, parting ways when necessary.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

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