Obama Urges Bipartisanship in Address to Illinois Assembly
Clip: 2/10/2016 | 8m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on Weds.
President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon—nine years to the day after he announced his run for the White House on the steps of the Old State Capitol. In a return to his old stomping grounds as a state senator, the president invoked many of the same themes from his 2007 speech.
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Obama Urges Bipartisanship in Address to Illinois Assembly
Clip: 2/10/2016 | 8m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon—nine years to the day after he announced his run for the White House on the steps of the Old State Capitol. In a return to his old stomping grounds as a state senator, the president invoked many of the same themes from his 2007 speech.
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