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Barack Obama: I completely agree it is an obligation we have to meet. I think we are not meeting it well right now because we are…

On the recordDecember 31, 2007
I completely agree it is an obligation we have to meet. I think we are not meeting it well right now because we are doing it piecemeal year after year by year.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized the need to fulfill obligations to rural communities.

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