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Barack Obama: I am committed to respecting different points of view and to forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms.

On the recordApril 1, 2009
I am committed to respecting different points of view and to forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's News Conference in London

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