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Barack Obama: “Connecting to each other, understanding each other can have a profound impact.”

On the recordNovember 19, 2015
Connecting to each other, understanding each other can have a profound impact.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall at Taylor's University, Malaysia.

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