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In a summer marked by instability in the middle east and eastern europe, i know the world also took notice of the small american city of ferguson, missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. so yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
-Barack Obama
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In A Summer Marked By Instability In

Barack Obama
In a summer marked by instability in the middle east and eastern europe, i know the world also took notice of the small american city of ferguson, missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. so yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
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