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Obama, Over and Out: What legacy for first African-American President? (part 2)

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Eight years after his famous speech in Grant Park, the 44th president of the United States returns to his home city for his final major speech in office. The list of new policies that his successor has vowed to unravel runs long: banking regulation, Obamacare, the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate change agreement. What'll be left of Obama's legacy? Will the most enduring part of Barack Obama's tenure be the man himself?

Added on the 10/01/2017 20:16:18 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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