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Monday, March 22, 2010

Making History

The controversial health care reform bill, a defining issue of Obama's presidency, has been passed. That means that nearly all Americans will have the right to health care. Watch the video and hear him say:


"When faced with crisis we did not shrink from our challenge -we overcame it. We did not avoid our responsibility -we embraced it, we did not fear our future -we shaped it."

In this Newsy video you can see the different sides of the story:

and the transcript if you need it.
Congratulations! (even if some think that's very bad news...)

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