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Barack Obama: We cannot forget how many millions that trade has lifted out of poverty and into the middle class.

On the recordApril 2, 2009
We cannot forget how many millions that trade has lifted out of poverty and into the middle class.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Strasbourg

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