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Barack Obama: If there's anything to take away from this tragedy, it's the reminder that life is very fragile.

On the recordJuly 19, 2012
If there's anything to take away from this tragedy, it's the reminder that life is very fragile.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Barack Obama reflects on the fragility of life and the importance of how we treat one another in the wake of the tragedy.

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