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Barack Obama: When we face a situation like we do on that mountain with innocent people facing the prospect of violence on a horrific…

On the recordAugust 6, 2014
When we face a situation like we do on that mountain with innocent people facing the prospect of violence on a horrific scale... the United States of America cannot turn in blind eye.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the moral obligation of the U.S. to intervene in humanitarian crises.

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