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President Obama Delievers Remarks at the Signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

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Monday, June 22, 2009; 2:14 PM

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[*] OBAMA: I am thrilled to be here for what is, I think, an extraordinary accomplishment by this Congress, a bill we're about to sign into law. I want to acknowledge a few of our special guests. First of all, we've got the crew from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Eamon (ph), Christopher, Sarah (ph), and Hoyna (ph).

(APPLAUSE)

Hey. We have our FDA commissioner, Dr. Peggy Hamburg.

(APPLAUSE)

We have our CDC director, Tom Frieden.


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