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President Barack Obama gives his remarks during the Points of Light Foundation forum held at Texas A&M University while former President George H.W. Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look on in College Station, Texas, Oct. 16, 2009.

POINTS OF LIGHT

President Barack Obama gives his remarks during the Points of Light Foundation forum held at Texas A&M University while former President George H.W. Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look on in College Station, Texas, Oct. 16, 2009.

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