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Barack Obama: Open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words, it's a way of life that has always been the Notre Dame tradition.

On the recordMay 16, 2009
Open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words, it's a way of life that has always been the Notre Dame tradition.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend

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