Barack Obama Quotes

Let me say something else about this generation. As Commander-in-Chief, I’m pretty tired of some folks trash-talking America’s military and troops.

Barack Obama

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• Let me say something else about this generation. As Commander-in-Chief, I’m pretty tired of some folks trash-talking America’s military and troops.

  

  Barack Obama
  • America
  • Pretty
  • Military