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Barack Obama: “That is what we should want for our daughters and for our sons, and that is what I want to see in a president of the…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2024
That is what we should want for our daughters and for our sons, and that is what I want to see in a president of the United States of America.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama expresses his vision for the qualities desired in a president.

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