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Barack Obama: “We cannot win the future with a government built for the past.”

On the recordMarch 10, 2011
We cannot win the future with a government built for the past.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Memorandum on Government Reform for Competitiveness and Innovation

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