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Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Barack Obama’s New Memoir, “A Promised Land”

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An excerpt from the President’s new memoir, “A Promised Land,” on what it took to make Obamacare a reality.

Save this story Save this story Our first spring in the White House arrived early. As the weather warmed, the South Lawn became almost like a private park to explore. There were acres of lush grass ringed by massive, shady oaks and elms and a tiny pond tucked behind the hedges, with the handprints of Presidential children and grandchildren pressed into the paved pathway that led to it. There were nooks and crannies for games of tag and hide-and-go-seek, and there was even a bit of wildlife—not just squirrels and rabbits but a red-tailed hawk and a slender, long-legged fox that occasionally got

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