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Statement by President Obama Re: Voting Representation for DC Residents

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010

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On this occasion, we remember the day in 1862 when President Lincoln freed the enslaved people of Washington, DC – nine months before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.   I am proud that an original copy of that document now hangs in the Oval Office, and we remain forever grateful as a nation for the struggles and sacrifices of those Americans who made that emancipation possible.

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