Barack Obama: “I am confident that together, we will bring our education system - and…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2008

I am confident that together, we will bring our education system - and our economy - into the 21st century.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Chicago Announcing the Nomination of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education

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