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Barack Obama: That's the nature of courage: not being unafraid, but confronting fear and danger and performing in a selfless fashion.

On the recordNovember 11, 2015
That's the nature of courage: not being unafraid, but confronting fear and danger and performing in a selfless fashion.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Florent A. Groberg

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