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Barack Obama: “I'm spending a lot of time just thinking about the families and reaching out to them.”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2011
I'm spending a lot of time just thinking about the families and reaching out to them.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Meeting With President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and an Exchange With Reporters

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