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Barack Obama: What I will not welcome, what I will not accept, is endless delay or denial that reform needs to happen.

On the recordJune 10, 2009
What I will not welcome, what I will not accept, is endless delay or denial that reform needs to happen.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama emphasizes the urgency of health care reform.

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