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Barack Obama: “We tend to assume civic leadership just happens and we don't…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Former President Obama Praises Resistance to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 57:05

Have you guys heard of Walmart? It's Very successful company. And. I don't know what Walmart budgets for developing its. Management, its leadership, its training programs, but I know it's substantial. We tend to assume civic leadership just happens and we don't invest a lot in it. And what I discovered during my presidency, not just here in the United States, but around the world, you have these amazing young people. And when I say young, it's all relative. (57:05–57:12)

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Asserts that there is a lack of investment in civic leadership.

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