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[H2] Barack Obama Gets Emotional Seeing Video From 24-Year-Old Who First Wrote Him at Age 7
In an interview with TODAY, the 44th President of the United States reminisced about his favorite moments in office and how they are reflected in the Obama Presidential Center.
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