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At U.N., Obama Challenges World Leaders

by Don Gonyea, NPR
September 23, 2009

President Obama challenged leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday to join the U.S. in solving the world's problems rather than waiting for America to do it on its own. Obama used his first address to the U.N. General Assembly to calls for a "new era of engagement."

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  • All Things Considered, September 23, 2009
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