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Barack ObamaThere may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
Barack ObamaNow, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago no matter what some folks say. You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum. But we're not where we need to be. And all of us have more work to do.
Barack Obama