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Barack Obama: I'm ready to pass the baton. And I know that Hillary Clinton is going to take it.

On the recordJuly 4, 2016
I'm ready to pass the baton. And I know that Hillary Clinton is going to take it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Fundraiser for Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in Charlotte

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