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Barack Obama: What she's told me is, you know, we should finish the job and we've got more work to do.

On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
What she's told me is, you know, we should finish the job and we've got more work to do.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Diane Sawyer of ABC's 'World News'

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