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Raw Video: President Obama Talks with Young Asthma Patients

Summary: 
At the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the President visits with children whose asthma is aggravated by air pollution.

Last week, instead of recording his weekly address at the White House as usual, President Obama taped it at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

In his address, the President discussed the EPA's new actions to cut carbon pollution — and at the medical center, he visited children whose asthma is aggravated by air pollution.

Take a look at what the President and the kids had to say — and pass this on:

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