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Barack Obama: preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the…

On the recordJuly 31, 2011
preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes the U.S. commitment to preventing mass atrocities as a national security priority.

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