Obama reflects on ten years since his election to Oval Office
05 November 2018 |
11:15 am
Democrat Barack Obama returned to Chicago on Sunday marking 10-years since he became President of the United States as he tried to whip up voter turnout in the last 48 hours of a campaign in which polls show dozens of U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races as too close to call.
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