We need more than just a government-to-government relationship; we need a nation-to-nation relationship.
Barack Obama: “We need more than just a government-to-government relationship; we need a nation-to-nation relationship.”
On the recordDecember 16, 2008
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Remarks Announcing Nominees for Secretaries of the Departments of Agriculture and Interior
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