President Obama Delievers Remarks at the Signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 23rd, 2009 4:32 am by HL
President Obama Delievers Remarks at the Signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: I am thrilled to be here for what is, I think, an extraordinary accomplishment by this Congress, a bill we’re about to sign into law. I want to acknowledge a few of our special guests. First of all, we’ve got the crew from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free …
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