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Barack Obama: I've got a middle-aged couple that will write me, and they say, 'Our daughter just found out she's got leukemia, and if…

On the recordJuly 21, 2009
I've got a middle-aged couple that will write me, and they say, 'Our daughter just found out she's got leukemia, and if I don't do something soon, we just either are going to go bankrupt, or we're not going to be able to provide our daughter with the care that she needs.'
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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