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Barack Obama: “Africa is ready to do business and that there's huge potential there.”

On the recordJune 27, 2013
Africa is ready to do business and that there's huge potential there.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Johannesburg

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