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Barack Obama: We feel so lucky that we could have been a small part of this -- of the hope that I think the whole nation has for her…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2011
We feel so lucky that we could have been a small part of this -- of the hope that I think the whole nation has for her future.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz Aboard Air Force One

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