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Obama evokes brighter days

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 year ago

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His political hero, president Abraham Lincoln, established the holiday "in one of the darkest years of our nation's history", 1863, during the US Civil War, Mr Obama said. "This Thanksgiving also takes place at a time of great trial for our people," Mr Obama said. "We face an economic...

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