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Barack Obama: Americans with same-sex partners from other countries should not be faced with the painful choice between staying with…

On the recordJanuary 28, 2013
Americans with same-sex partners from other countries should not be faced with the painful choice between staying with the person they love or staying in the country they love.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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