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Barack Obama: There's no place in the world where one can see more clearly the difference between an open society that respects human…

On the recordApril 24, 2014
There's no place in the world where one can see more clearly the difference between an open society that respects human rights and a closed society that violates them than Korea.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes

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