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Barack Obama: There's never an excuse for violence, particularly when there are a lot of people in goodwill out there who are willing…

On the recordNovember 23, 2014
There's never an excuse for violence, particularly when there are a lot of people in goodwill out there who are willing to work on these issues.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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