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“As Barack said, if the two of us can end up on the walls of the most famous address in the world, then, again, it is so important for every young kid who is doubting themselves to believe that they can, too.” On September 7, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited […]

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1957

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29

1947

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1

1946

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1967

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1969

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1966

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1966

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1983

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1955

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1944

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1949

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4

1968

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