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Barack Obama: I'm going to fight for these priorities: to shift the odds back in favor of more working and middle class and to keep…

On the recordJanuary 31, 2014
I'm going to fight for these priorities: to shift the odds back in favor of more working and middle class and to keep America a place where you can always make it if you try.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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