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Barack Obama: “The only way we live up to America's promise is if we value every single child, not just our own, and invest in every…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2016
The only way we live up to America's promise is if we value every single child, not just our own, and invest in every single child as if they're our own.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the 'My Brother's Keeper' National Summit

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